L’accès à l’aide médicale à mourir pour les personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux

Excluding people living with mental disorders from eligibility for MAiD-MD is seen as an obstacle to their right to die with dignity.

“On the other hand, excluding these people from eligibility for MAiD-MD is seen as an obstacle to their right to die with dignity [18].”

MAiD-MD can bring some peace of mind by offering an exit option to people who fear that their suffering will be perpetual.

“Although MAiD-MD can bring some peace of mind [18, 20, 21] by offering an exit option to people who fear that their suffering will be perpetual [22]”

Our findings do not support the claim that clinicians can rely on existing statistical and staging tools like the Maudsley Staging Method to predict chances of recovery in a person requesting psychiatric EAS.

“Second, our findings do not support the claim, made by some, that clinicians can rely on existing statistical and staging tools like the Maudsley Staging Method to predict chances of recovery in a person requesting psychiatric EAS (Provencher-Renaud, Larivée, & Sénéchal, 2019; Rooney et al., 2018; Tanner, 2018).”

Concerns remain about the societal responsibility to help people living with mental disorders live with their condition before considering helping them to die.

“However, concerns remain about the societal responsibility to help these people live with their condition before considering helping them to die [18, 19].”