MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Uefa Futsal Euro 2014, Sentenced, Morphine
19 Apr 2020
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Is an old term replaced by forgoing treatment . Treatments include food, hydration, feeding tube, vrfd (voluntary refusal of food) Action in which the physician directly takes steps to hasten the death. Dr. kevorkian began the study of physician assisted suicide (pas) or physician assisted death (pad) Medical assistance in dying (maid) is only in canada. Under swiss law, assisted suicide is not considered a criminal act as long as it has been motivated by altruistic considerations & not selfishness. Viable option is you have the financial resources or are well enough to travel (most do not meet these criteria) - ,000 & a lengthy process. Made available to non-resident foreigners 15 yrs ago. A lot of background for maid - how we established the process in canada. 2014: belgium amended its legislation & became the first country in the world to remove any age restrictions on physician-assisted death.
