Thank you.
I have a fear related to the reliability of the assessment process. I do not think there are a lot of psychiatrists who are assessors or MAID providers in Quebec. There are family medicine providers who are trained to do the assessment, but I know full well that some are very opposed to expanding MAID to persons suffering from a mental disorder alone. You said it takes at least one assessor with expertise in the “condition”. Can you tell me what “the condition” means?
As well, the assessor with expertise in “the condition” has to be a psychiatrist who is independent from the treatment team and provider—and we already have problems with access to psychiatrists. Could you please explain.
Are all the criteria set out in recommendations 10, 11 and 12 realistic?