GreenBeardMar 19

Alberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death

https://lemmy.ca/post/62057364

Alberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death - Lemmy.ca

New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from accessing medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months.

Show threadGreenBeardMar 19
Personally I find this terrible. If they wanted to reduce MAID applications they should be funding effective healthcare. Practicing medicine from the legislature should be criminal.
Show threadGounMar 19
I find the nuances of these laws extremely hard to navigate, tbh, but is there an example of someone who would benefit from this without actually having a reasonable likelyhood to die in the following 12 months?
Show threadbishop

Someone living with an incurable, treatment resistant, severe mental illness causing extreme long-term suffering.

Someone living with brain damage that has left their pain centre of their brain fully active, constantly.

Someone suffering from full body paralysis (locked-in) with no prospect of any recovery, unable to even blink their own eyelids requiring a level of care they are almost guaranteed not to receive.

The list goes on.

Mar 20 at 12:48amWeb