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Physician-Assisted Dying Should Be Publicly Funded: Expert Advisory Group

The Canadian Press, 14 Dec, 2015 10:56 AM
    TORONTO — An expert advisory group on physician-assisted dying says the practice should be publicly funded and available to people of any age once it becomes legal next year.
     
    The recommendations were two of dozens made in a report released Monday.
     
    The report says the decision to end one's life due to a grievous and irremediable medical condition should be based on competence rather than a minimum age limit.
     
    The group also recommends that vulnerable people require approval from two doctors before physician-assisted dying can take place and insists that objecting institutions should be obliged to advise patients of all options.
     
    The group was established to offer guidelines to the provinces and territories in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that overturned laws against physician-assisted dying earlier this year.
     
    A similar report from a panel advising the federal government is expected on Tuesday.

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