Abstracts
Abstract
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation changed in 2021; persons without a reasonably foreseeable natural death (RFND) could now be eligible for MAID and would have to wait at least 90 days before their intervention. This legislative change caused a new ethically complex question to arise, which we explore in this commentary, namely: Where should individuals without a RFND wait (for 90 days) in a publicly funded health system?
Keywords:
- medical assistance in dying,
- MAID,
- bioethics,
- rehabilitation,
- polyphony
Résumé
La législation canadienne sur l’aide médicale à mourir (AMM) a changé en 2021 ; les personnes n’ayant pas de mort naturelle raisonnablement prévisible (MNPR) peuvent désormais être éligibles à l’AMM et doivent attendre au moins 90 jours avant leur intervention. Ce changement législatif a soulevé une nouvelle question éthiquement complexe, que nous explorons dans ce commentaire, à savoir : Où les personnes qui ne sont pas en état de MNPR doivent-elles attendre (pendant 90 jours) dans un système de santé financé par l’État?
Mots-clés :
- aide médicale à mourir,
- AMM,
- bioéthique,
- réadaptation,
- polyphonie
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