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Medical Assistance in Dying committee Good evening. I am delighted to be with you today as part of your study on advance requests for medical assistance in dying, although I am personally more concerned with requests that are made following a diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder. Today I will be providing you with s
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Is my time already up, Madam Chair?
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee I had something else to add. May I finish what I was saying?
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee All right. I would just like to say one thing about my last point, which concerns the societal choices associated with medical assistance in dying. We must ensure that we continue providing care. I'll come back to this later, and I would ask you to remind me to do so. Thank you
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Thank you very much. I'm grateful for that. This will allow me to explain my final point and round out my remarks. If we, as a society, choose to expand access to medical assistance in dying, we must not downplay the impact that could have on the more social aspect of the autono
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee The more I examine the issue, the less certain I actually am. It's my occupation, so…
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Actually, it's not that I'm uncomfortable with advance requests; I'm more uncomfortable if there isn't an appropriate mechanism. The fact remains that an advance decision isn't made on the spot; it's a decision that people make, as best they can, in advance of a situation, based
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Deviations necessarily occur. It's more that I see a lot of major problems in our advance medical directives system these days. People are left to their own devices. Patients are told that it's easy, that all they have to do is sign, and it's assumed that they're informed. I thi
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee There are actually various categories of professionals. As Ms. Chalifoux said, they may be people who've been trained in various health fields and have received some accreditation, although I really think that should become a kind of health care standard. These people have receiv
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Absolutely. There has to be follow-up. There has to be a way to transmit information. I also think it should be done continuously, as the condition evolves, not just one final time.
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee I think it could be determined by the professional associations. Certain aspects would also have to be determined: if this becomes a protected act, is it a paid act, and how does that have to be organized? This is a bit beyond my field of expertise, but I think this is a really g
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee I think that could be done depending on how the condition progresses. It could be every five years or a little less than that if the condition evolves very quickly. There may not be any absolute rule, but, yes, it could definitely be done at least every five years. I think it wo
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Who's that question for?
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee Thank you for that question, which is very interesting. I have a lot to tell you, but I'll try to summarize my comments. I've extensively studied the advance medical directives regime, and, as you know, very few people have had access to it. We're talking about slightly more th
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier
Medical Assistance in Dying committee There are the measures, and there's the dialogue. I think that has to be preserved.
May 9th, 2022Committee meeting
Louise Bernier