As Canada moves towards expanding the conditions for authorizing the use of medical assistance in dying (MAID), the government has just passed a ” MAID practice standard model “. Also this “model” that describes the obligations of the practitioners and recalls the eligibility requirements currently in force is progressing. In fact, the preamble of the document states: ” This Standard applies to all MAID cases, including requests where a mental disorder is the only underlying medical condition, if such requests become legal on March 17, 2024 (cf. Canada: the “AMM” for people with mental illnesses has been postponed)[1].

For Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, this publication is ” Ensuring safe and consistent practice of MAID across the country “.” The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring the use of MAID in accordance with laws that grant Canadians autonomy and freedom of choice, a system with strong safeguards for vulnerable individuals, and a process that ensures that every application for MAID is treated with compassion and thoroughness reconciles “, show the communicates. ” The publication of the Model Standard of Practice for MAID is another important step we are taking to ensure careful and thoughtful implementation of MAID for people with mental illness. adds Carolyn Bennett, Secretary of State for Mental Health and Addiction.

A conversion” reserved » obliges practitioners to ensure that their patients are aware of the authorization to use euthanasia and reminds that the examination of an application for authorization can be done by teleconsultation. Seems to cast a modest veil over the abuses that have continued to increase in Canada in recent years (see Disability, depression, poverty: medical assistance in dying becoming more widespread in Canada; Canada: euthanasia offered to several veterans Canada: unlimited expansion of “medical help in dying”).

[1] The document proposes in the appendix a revised version in this perspective.