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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Provided by Interior Health
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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Provides information and medical assistance for individuals who want to voluntarily and intentionally end their life. Medical assistance can be done by a doctor or nurse practitioner who gives or prescribes medicine for a person to take themselves that causes death. Service is provided where a patient is located when possible, including in acute care, home residences, or community settings. Eligible individuals must have a grievous and irremediable medical condition (illness, disease or disability); be suffering intolerably from this condition; be in an advanced state of decline that cannot be reversed; be at the point in their condition where natural death is reasonably foreseeable; be at least 18 years old; be eligible for publicly-funded health services in Canada; request assistance without pressure or influence from anyone else; and give informed consent throughout the process, including at the final moment prior to the provision of Medical Assistance in Dying. Accepts self-referrals or referrals from a doctor or nurse practitioner.
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