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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

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So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. Alex: Self-administer and psychiatric illness is not considered a qualifying diagnosis. So figured out a little harmonica- Eric: That was wonderful. Eric: Yeah.

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

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And the argument was framed more as a healthcare choice made by individuals in conjunction with their clinicians. And he surveyed all the nurses who subscribed to nursing, I think it was like Nursing Magazine or something, or journal. Robert: And I’m not going to what the individual provider believes is right or wrong.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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Ken Covinsky reminds us that we should not be making a diagnosis based on what we see on TV, and that if a patient’s daughter expressed a concern that their parent “wasn’t right,” we would conduct an in depth evaluation that might last an hour. Eric 04:17 How do you think about that? Ken 04:20 I think that was very well said, Louise.

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