Cole Burston/BBC Dr Li has applauded Canada's decision to pause the Maid expansion for mental health. But planned inclusion of mental health has prompted yet another set of concerns. Last month ...

Assisted death for mental disorders is more debatable than for physical diseases. The ancient mind-body split lies at the ...

However, access to MAID is a small part of a larger ... discuss the experiences of families struggling with mental health issues. But Canada's families require government support as well.

We shouldn't be so comfortable with letting people die because institutions don't provide them with adequate care.

Canada's Minister of Health Mark Holland announced ... an expansion to its medical assistance in dying (maid) programme for people who have a mental illness. It comes after a parliamentary ...

She has lymphedema in her legs, a condition in which tissues swell from the accumulation of fluids normally drained through the body's lymphatic system.

Suicide is neither noble nor natural. “When you see someone on a high ledge ready to jump," Charles Krauthammer wrote in ...

Keeping people with chronic illnesses alive is expensive work, and in a socialized health ... evident by Canada’s pending expansion of MAID to people dealing exclusively with mental illness.

A man who says he suffers from chronic and worsening mental health issues is among those launching a court challenge of the ...

On Monday, a statement of claim was issued at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by Dying with Dignity Canada ... who are eligible for MAID but for the mental illness exclusion,” it reads.

During the past few days, organizations representing people with disabilities in Canada have spoken out ... to individuals living with a range of mental health conditions, it is widely accepted ...

Societal expectations regarding MAiD evolved over time ... Like the current debate in Canada, adequate mental health services and access to care will serve as mitigating factors favoring life in a ...