Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I think that's going to turn on what the health care team has concluded with regard to the decisional capacity of the youth. Decisions like this are made collectively by families. My co-presenter, Mr. Salte, mentioned the concept of relational autonomy. Decisions like withdrawing treatment or not having life-sustaining treatment are made slowly and carefully in conversation.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It is professor, not doctor. Thank you, Chair and committee members, for inviting me to join you this evening. My name is Constance MacIntosh. I'm a full professor of law at the Schulich School of Law. I served as the director of Dalhousie's Health Law Institute for six years.