Toronto’s Sick Kids hospital drafting policy on requests for assisted dying from those over 18
CBC Radio
Three years after Canada’s top court decriminalized doctor-assisted suicide, the federal government is about to wade into an emerging controversy: How to respond to requests from children for medical assistance in dying, or MAID.
Canada’s largest children’s hospital has already gotten a taste of this thorny issue.
“We had discussed that there may be a time in the future that MAID would be available for patients under the age of 18, or a group called ‘mature minors,'” said Dr. Adam Rapoport, director of the Pediatric Advanced Care team at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
“We, as an organization, like to be ready for things that might be coming down the pike.” . . .[Full text]