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

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There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. Eric: And now is it including mental health, psychiatric disorders? Leonie: Right. That’s the reality.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. It’s all individual. And I get to play a Bob Dylan song that’s been on my bucket list to learn. I don’t know.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds. We also look at their mental health. Michele: Yeah. We have that.

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