Jocelyn Downie

Jocelyn Downie is a professor emeritus in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at Dalhousie University, member of the Dalhousie University Health Justice Institute, and adjunct professor at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at Queensland University of Technology.

Articles by this author

Several wings of the brick building are lined with evergreen hedges and small trees. At the top of one three-storey building, a white cross lets people know the hospital is faith-based.

Access to MAiD should not cater to faith-based interests

La main ridée d'une femme âgée saisit la poignée d'un déambulateur alors qu'elle est assise sur un balcon au soleil.

Who is actually eligible for medical assistance in dying in Quebec?

Une illustration abstraite en noir et blanc.

Quebec’s commission on MAiD misses the mark on mental disorders

For people with dementia, changes in MAiD law offer new hope

What’s the relationship between suicide and MAiD?

Medical assistance in dying bill an important step forward for Canadians with dementia

It’s time for Canada to follow Ontario’s critical care triage protocol

An indefensible amendment to medical assistance in dying legislation

Will Parliament take steps to clarify medical assistance in dying law?

A watershed month for medical assistance in dying

Parliament should not wait to act on assisted dying ruling

Has stopping eating and drinking become a path to assisted dying?

Hasty change to assisted dying bill a serious error

Regulatory risk mismanagement and the abortion pill

Abortion pill: One step forward, two steps back

Bouquets and brickbats for the proposed assisted dying legislation

Podcasts with this author
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Medical assistance in dying for Canadians with mental disorders

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