• ratz30
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    11 year ago

    MAID is already under heavy scrutiny. MAID assessors and providers are heavily regulated by independent bodies in each province/territory.

    Its up to patients to decide whether they want MAID, and there are strict safeguards in place.

    This particular comment chain stems from a dude claiming that MAID is just eugenics. Doesn’t that seem a little ridiculous to you?

    • Shake747
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      -11 year ago

      It’s one of those “out there” types of opinions for sure, but I can see where their sentiment is coming from.

      Addiction is just such a broad sweeping term, and most often quite subjective. As well as the frame of mind that an addicted or depressed person would be in, makes it difficult to take what the patient wants at face value and to just go with it.

      People are fallible, including our doctors, so we need to ensure the system is set up appropriately, with little to no room for varying interpretations.

      If there’s anything massive corporations have taught me, it’s that vague or poorly written laws and regulatory bodies will be exploited if they can be.

      • ratz30
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        11 year ago

        I should also point out that the law doesn’t specify addictions. It’s about mental health conditions which just happens to include addiction. No provincial regulatory body has stated that they intend to allow addicts to recieve MAID.

        Keep in mind that this is a Vice article. They are not really a reputable news source, they are sensationalist at best.

        • Shake747
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          21 year ago

          I appreciate your awareness of the bias in media groups - sincerely.

          I’ll have to give the new legislation a read to see how loose it is before forming hard opinions on it, but I just wanted to highlight where a large cause for concern should be for topics like this.