Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading

In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Professor Arthur Schafer outlines the current contours of the Canadian euthanasia debate. In June of 2016 the Canadian Parliament passed legislation (Bill-14) legalizing MAiD: medical assistance in dying. Subject to various restrictions, both mercy killing and medically assisted suicide are now legal in Canada. The contours of the Canadian euthanasia debate will be described, with special focus on the ethical issues that remain most controversial. Two salient Canadian Supreme Court decisions will be analysed: Rodriguez (1993) and Carter (2015), as well as more recent constitutional challenges. The presentation will conclude by outlining the further legal changes that are likely to (or that should) occur in the reasonably near future.

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Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading is an episode from Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics by Oxford University.

This episode is 83:23 long.

This episode was published on May 11, 2020.

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