Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 MAiD in Canada: A Tale of Rapidly Expanding Euthanasia 12
6. 2 Fall of Duty: The Breach of Trust and Moral Failure of Canada’s Entrusted Experts 59
7. 3 Assisting Dying: A Policy Framework Developed without Adequate Ethical Consideration 100
8. 4 How Canada’s MAiD Law Has Made Death a “First-Line Therapy” for Suffering 111
9. 5 Conscience and MAiD 151
10. 6 MAiD and Palliative Care 166
11. 7 Disability and MAiD 188
12. 8 Creating a Killable Class and Manufacturing Selective Suicidality: Thoughts of a Past and Future Ironing Board 204
13. 9 Indigenous Peoples and MAiD 277
14. 10 Ableism in Canada: Why Track 2 MAiD Violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 294
15. 11 Mental Illness, Health Care, and Assisted Death: Part I – Examining Parameters for Expanding or Restricting MAiD under Canada’s Charter 330
16. 12 Mental Illness, Health Care, and Assisted Death: Part II – Examining Parameters for Expanding or Restricting MAiD under Canada’s Federal System 381
17. 13 Evaluating the Existing Scientific Evidence for Physician-Assisted Death for Mental Illness 417
18. 14 MAiD by Advance Request: Vulnerability, Stigma, and the Myth of Free and Informed Advance Consent 451
19. 15 Mature Minors and MAiD 473
20. Conclusion 487
21. Contributors 499
22. Index 505