Support for advance MAID requests grows, as doctors urge caution

Support for advance MAID requests grows, as doctors urge caution

Read: 4 min A new report from Health Canada shows strong support for allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID).  A survey of more than 46,000 Canadians found nearly 70 per cent favour allowing advance MAID requests for patients diagnosed with incurable conditions that will cause them to lose decision-making capacity.  But advance requests for MAID remain controversial, even among doctors who support MAID. “There’s many con…