Analysis reveals access issues influencing Medical Assistance in Dying cases, suggesting a need for systematic monitoring and justice considerations.
That there were 37 unique individuals who sought MAID because of difficulty accessing publicly funded health and social services resources suggests these cases are not rare. Our results emphasize the need to integrate explicit justice considerations into MAID debates, consider the relative priority of MAID among other services, and conduct more systematic monitoring of these cases.
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