Requests for medical assistance in dying are on the rise in Quebec and everyone is trying to explain this phenomenon: lack of palliative care, deficient, sometimes inhuman treatment in hospitals, lack of resources in CHSLDs, etc. These realities deserve to be taken into consideration, but they only partially explain the phenomenon.
The main cause of the increase in the use of medical assistance in dying (MAD) is the information that the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (AQDMD) and the media make available to the public. The more information circulates, the more the number of people who will use MAID will increase. Because a greater number will not agree to live a life without life and will prefer to choose the moment of their departure, surrounded by their loved ones in a friendly atmosphere. The evidence agrees in this regard.
At 88, I cannot conceive of any other way of leaving this life. I don’t want to be a burden neither for myself, nor for mine, nor for society. One of the perverse effects of modern medicine is that it can prolong lifeless lives. MAID now allows lucid individuals, free from outside pressure, to determine when their life should end.
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