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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Dr. Thorpe summarizes the current status of legal, ethical, and clinical aspects of medical assistance in dying and addresses some of the more challenging issues, including those anticipated after March 2023 when medical assistance in dying for sole mental illness becomes legal. The session also includes a discussion of the practical matters associated with medical assistance in dying, noting that the most common primary diagnoses contributing to MAiD requests are cancer, neuro-degenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.
Actively involved in MAID related clinical work (900+ assessments/provisions) , teaching, research and graduate supervision. Member, Health Canada MAID Practice Standards Task Group, Member, Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) team developing national curriculum on assessing capacity and vulnerability, 2021 Member, CAMAP Guidelines Working Group on MAiD assessments for people with Chronic Complex Conditions
Member and co-author, Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) Capacity Guidelines Working Group, April 2020 Member, Saskatchewan Health Authority/Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Joint Ethics Committee,
Member of the (former) Saskatoon Health Region committee which developed the regional MAID policy, 2015-2016 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Specialty Committee In Geriatric Psychiatry, March 2011- June 2016. Founding and Board member until January 2009, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
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