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Physician-Assisted Dying committee Something to that effect.
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
Physician-Assisted Dying committee It's a simple answer. Carter doesn't limit to terminal illness, to a terminal phase of a terminal illness. So those are cases, with respect to withdrawal of nutrition and hydration, in a child who is terminally ill. It's simple. Carter is not just about terminal illness.
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
Physician-Assisted Dying committee Well, with respect to what you're specifically....
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
Physician-Assisted Dying committee I used that language because Carter can be construed very narrowly. It seems to me there is a pre-emptive discussion for including other individuals, such as children and minors, and other types of conditions, for example, through the advance directive, all at this time pre-empti
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
Physician-Assisted Dying committee I'm not aware.
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
Physician-Assisted Dying committee I absolutely would agree with you. One of the things that I'm trying to point out is that there's a distinction between the procedure for assessing capacity and the substantive criteria, right? So yes, we have a procedure in place that can assess the decision-making capacity with
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff
Physician-Assisted Dying committee Thank you for inviting us to speak with you today. I am very grateful for this opportunity. I am a law professor who has been researching issues around physician-assisted suicide and palliative care since approximately 2008, and I was an expert witness on comparative laws for ju
February 3rd, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. Mary Shariff