MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sue Rodriguez, Palliative Care, Nurse Practitioner
19 Apr 2020
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Lecture #11: medical assistance in dying in canada. Physician assisted dying denotes the practice of a physician providing aid in dying to competent, qualified patients, as defined by the. Supreme court decision (referred to as maid in canada) In this contexed, pad includes either pas, where a patient is provided the means to commit suicide themselves, & voluntary. Euthanasia, where the physician directly administers the medication that causes the patient"s death. Diagnosed with als, wanted to die on her own will, and not wait until the illness took her life. Sue rodriguez challenged prohibition against assisted suicide of the criminal code. Oppositional to the canadian charter of rights & freedom. Ms rodriguez died in 1994 with the assistance of an anonymous physician. In a 5 to 4 decision - went against her wishes to commit medically assisted suicide. Court upheld the prohibition within the criminal code of canada. Supreme court of canada (scc) vs carter (february 2015)
