Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to discuss the concept of patient autonomy with Dr. Gupta.
Respect for the patient's autonomy is the basis of the decisions to be made when requesting medical assistance in dying. If this autonomy is limited by several types of factors, such as the lack of family or professional support, for example, are there tools available to health professionals—in this case psychiatrists—that would make it possible to accurately and objectively assess the degree of autonomy of the patient when that person decides to request medical assistance in dying?