Quebec Bill Would Give Alzheimer’s Patients Access to Medical Aid in Dying

Quebec Bill Would Give Alzheimer’s Patients Access to Medical Aid in Dying
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé attends a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, Feb. 15, 2022, at the legislature in Quebec City. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province’s assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Health Minister Christian Dubé said today that Bill 38 would allow people with severe and incurable diseases to consent to an assisted death before they become mentally or physically incapable of doing so.