Name: A fact-checked debate about euthanasia
Uploaded: 2023-07-27T20:11:04.000Z
Duration: 20 min 52 s
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I have a bunch of patients who are  waiting for it, right?

They're waiting and hoping  to be approved.

These two doctors have  conflicting viewpoints

I think Canada's approach to assisted dying has been successful.

I am very concerned about medical assistance

Euthanasia became legal in Canada in 2016.

They call it “medical assistance in dying” or MAID for short.

Since then, the number of assisted deaths  in Canada

That's more people by raw number  than any other country

In 2021, eligibility for MAID expanded  to include people

who are not nearing the end  of their lives.

that will include people  suffering solely

Our participants are here to engage in  a new kind of debate.

Yeah, that's where you and I  would disagree.

Where instead of fighting over  unvetted talking points...

that their opponent would have to  concede are true.

Dr. Maher, do you agree that  these facts are true?

Dr. Green, do you agree that  these facts are true?

They'll present their facts and  they'll each get a chance

This is a fact-checked debate  about euthanasia...

assisted dying is a rights-based issue...

resulting from constitutional court challenges.

The legalization of assisted dying  did not come about due to

voter initiated ballots, as happened  in some US states...

or because the government thought  it was a good idea.

Both of which can change with  shifting political winds.

Importantly, these court cases were  brought and won

gave people who didn't have  terminal illness...

But one of the plaintiffs  in that key case...

when he was considering  getting assisted death

what he said was that it was  the loneliness...

that was leading him to  make that choice.

So I'm really concerned about  what that means

Not for medical reasons alone,  or maybe not even primarily

but because of social reasons:  poverty...

Jean Truchon ultimately  led his challenge

because he was about to lose function  in his remaining limb.

Ultimately, this comes down to  a question of rights.

and I'm a provider of assisted dying  in British Columbia, Canada.

I've always been taught about  the importance

And I have found it to be  profoundly meaningful

to be involved at this time in their life...

and to provide and facilitate  their final wishes.

Including ten US states and Washington, DC...

that allow people with a six month prognosis...

Next year, it will join most of these countries

whose only condition  is a mental illness.

primarily psychiatric conditions are rare.

lack the safeguards that  other countries have.

The doctors are able to  initiate the conversation.

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