Canada’s expanding assisted suicide legislation combined with countrywide insufficient palliative care resources are causing case numbers of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to rise, say physicians and hospice workers.
Testifying before the parliamentary joint committee on MAiD on Oct. 18, Dipti Purbhoo, executive director of Dorothy Ley Hospice in Toronto, said the varied access to palliative care services in the country may be causing more patients to consider MAiD.
