That’s exactly the point to this proposal. They can’t remember or function at all, so let them make their wishes clear before their decline.
That would be fine but by the time a dementia patient is diagnosed they are already in decline.
In decline, yes, but often/usually still coherent. It is the last chance they have to express their true wishes before cognitive decline makes that impossible.
Reg, how do you measure cognitive decline?
I have no idea. I assume specialists in that area have methods, but I don’t know what they are. I don’t care, either. To me, each of us should get to decide for ourselves when the decline is too great.
I totally share the concerns uttered by Mr. Murray here.
I didn’t watch. I’m not going to give 16 minutes of my life to something entitled “The Horror of Canada’s Euthanasia Laws”.
That said, I am thrilled to live in a country that allows people to die when they choose. I have personally witnessed an assisted death, and another good friend of mine is probably going to do it in the coming months/years (hopefully years, but abdominal cancers don’t tend to wait). I am so grateful that neither of these men will need to suffer any more than they choose to.
Nobody will force them to die. Nobody will do anything at all unless assisted death is specifically requested by the patient. It is totally barbaric to ask our citizens to suffer more than our dogs.
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Barbaric is withholding positive treatments.
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Wow. I really hope they found a cure.
Yeah, never dare to broaden your horizon or listen first to a comment instead of instantly criticizing it. 
If you would have watched Murray‘s video, then you would know he didn‘t speak out against euthanasia for terminally ill people.
its just 1 form of rectal cancer and only 14 people… but its promising
This is a non-case. The guy was approved for Maid and chose to die. Who cares what the family wants? They can get Maid too for all I care.
He did not choose to die. The article clearly indicates he changed his mind so apparently he wanted to live.
Obviously, the family cares. Is that the response you would want to hear if it was your sister?
He did choose to die.
“JMM received approval for medical assistance in dying, but he subsequently expressed that he did not wish to proceed with the procedure and instead, he wished to pursue other treatments, including rehabilitation,” the claim reads.
“Regrettably, while receiving treatment at St. Paul’s Hospital for his incapacitating illness, JMM left the hospital on a day pass, visited a clinic in the afternoon, and died through the improper administration of MAiD.”
He changed his mind, but then changed his mind again. When he got his day pass, he used it to end his life. Note the wording “his life”. His choice.
He wasn’t mentally capable of making that decision.
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He was under no mental health restrictions at the time. He had every legal right to end his life.
It’s not a question of rights. It’s about his mental ability to consent.
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No, it’s not about that. He had no mental health restrictions placed on his behaviour at that time. Without such restrictions, there is no question about anyone’s mental ability to consent.
He had restrictions in that hospital and he had already told MAiD he changed his mind. From that point they should have reevaluated his mental health.