Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I think that what we do will actually be life-affirming if we are able to provide a clear advance consent mechanism. First of all, we're talking about a situation in which someone has already been diagnosed. They are living in the reality of their diagnosis of dementia and are

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Yes. For example, although the patient might realize that many people in early stages of dementia have much in terms of quality of life, the patient might not want to live in certain situations. They may say, “When I am bedridden; when I can no longer feed, wash, and shave myself

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Our primary concern is that patients not be abandoned. If that recommendation effectively allows for care to be transferred and patients to receive treatment, then we support it. We do have concerns, though, about an independent agency being able to carry out that function with

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  We believe that ultimately a patient should have an effective referral, but if that can be accomplished by a transfer of care, we're happy to work with others to achieve a reasonable result. I'm not sure where it says that it's just physicians and pharmacists. We saw the two pot

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  There is no issue before this committee that is more important than that of advance consent. In their decision, the Supreme Court justices wrote that to force someone to choose between undergoing a premature, perhaps violent, death and enduring prolonged suffering is a cruel ch