29 of the Interpretation Act, or by the act of a person acting under the general supervision of a medical practitioner, at the request of a grievously and irremediably ill patient in the context of a patient-physician relationship. [...] [35] Of the intervenors, the Farewell Foundation for the Right to Die, the Canadian Unitarian Counsel and the Ad Hoc Coalition of People with Disabilities who are Supportive of Physician-Assisted Dying are supportive of the plaintiff’s claim. [...] In the context of the issues in this case, I will use “euthanasia” to mean the intentional termination of the life of a patient by a physician, or someone acting under the direction of a physician, at the patient’s request, for compassionate reasons. [...] “Competence” and “capacity” mean the ability to understand the subject- matter in respect of which a decision must be made, and the ability to appreciate the consequences of that decision. [...] They lose the ability to use their hands and feet; the ability to walk, to chew and to swallow; the ability to make their speech intelligible to others; and, ultimately, the ability to breathe.
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- ODDA 100
- Characteristics 100
- 2010 N65 100
- 1998-2009 N460 100
- Total N525 100
- Characteristics 101
- 2010 N65 101
- 1998-2009 N460 101
- Total N525 101
- Characteristics 102
- 2010 N65 102
- 1998-2009 N460 102
- Total N525 102
- Characteristics 103
- 2010 N65 103
- 1998-2009 N460 103
- Total N525 103
- Notations 103
- Notations 131
- Stare Decisis 207
- Charter 274
