Jocelyn Downie

Jocelyn Downie is a professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at Dalhousie University. Downie was a member of the pro bono legal team in Carter v. Canada, a member of the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying and a member of the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on End of Life Decision-Making.

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What’s the relationship between suicide and MAiD?

by Jocelyn Downie, David Wright, Mona Gupta February 15, 2021

Jocelyn Downie

Articles by this author

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

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 by this author

Medical assistance in dying for Canadians with mental disorders