Canadians are expressing outrage over the increased normalization of medical-assisted suicide in the country’s single-payer system. Numerous families have reported physicians and nurse practitioners ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care. "End-of-life decisions are profoundly personal," says ...

In Canada, physician-assisted suicide is available even to people who aren’t suffering from terminal illnesses. In the context of austerity, this often means people are offered death rather than the ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A bill legalizing medically-assisted suicide in Canada strikes the right balance between defending fundamental freedoms and protecting against abuses, Prime Minister ...

Advocates and civic officials are warning of the high numbers of donated organs from assisted suicide victims in Canada, arguing that organ donation programs for suicidal individuals could lead to ...

Patients awaiting MAID eligibility for mental illness say another postponement has prolonged years of uncertainty and ...

In just a year, physician-assisted suicide has gone from an extremely narrow legal option for the terminally ill to a far wider policy experiment in Canada, Europe and now New York. Lawmakers and ...

Claire Brosseau has travelled the world doing stand-up comedy and acting in television shows, films and plays. She has also been struggling with debilitating mental illness from a young age, and has ...

Reporting errors were found in half of MAID cases; 353 required ‘education to practitioners’ over legal requirements and practice standards Requests for MAID on mental health grounds have risen ...