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At least 744 assisted-deaths in Canada since law passed: CTV News analysis
CTV National News: Medically assisted-dying law
Graham Slaughter, CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Wednesday, December 28, 2016 10:03PM EST
At least 744 gravely ill adults received a doctor?s help to end their lives since the medical procedure became legal across Canada in 2016, and experts say those numbers are expected to rise.
CTV News surveyed provincial and territorial health ministries to gather the most comprehensive picture of the practice to date. The numbers show that, on average, four Canadians per day had medically assisted deaths between June 17 and December 16.
Medical assistance in dying became legal across Canada in June after the Liberal government passed Bill C-14, which allowed Canadians with terminal illnesses where natural death was ?reasonably foreseeable? to choose to die with a doctor?s help.
CTV?s survey showed that, in some regions, the number of adults opting for the end-of-life procedure is accelerating as patients with terminal illnesses grow to accept the idea...
At least 744 assisted-deaths in Canada since law passed: CTV News analysis
CTV National News: Medically assisted-dying law
Graham Slaughter, CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Wednesday, December 28, 2016 10:03PM EST
At least 744 gravely ill adults received a doctor?s help to end their lives since the medical procedure became legal across Canada in 2016, and experts say those numbers are expected to rise.
CTV News surveyed provincial and territorial health ministries to gather the most comprehensive picture of the practice to date. The numbers show that, on average, four Canadians per day had medically assisted deaths between June 17 and December 16.
Medical assistance in dying became legal across Canada in June after the Liberal government passed Bill C-14, which allowed Canadians with terminal illnesses where natural death was ?reasonably foreseeable? to choose to die with a doctor?s help.
CTV?s survey showed that, in some regions, the number of adults opting for the end-of-life procedure is accelerating as patients with terminal illnesses grow to accept the idea...