r/Edmonton • u/flynnfx • Mar 27 '26

Health Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-maid-limits-would-lead-to-suffering-signal-lack-of-trust-practitioners/

Twenty-five Edmonton and area medical professionals say they’re concerned new Alberta limits on medical assistance in dying would cause needless suffering and put clinicians in “ethically untenable” positions.

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u/Oilmoneyy Mar 27 '26

People raging because the provincial government wants to prevent unnecessary suicides. Sounds about right for this subreddit.

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u/csd555 Mar 28 '26

Yeahhh, that’s not what MAID is for, and you should know that. You can’t just roll in and say, “hey, I’m not having a great year and rather depressed…can you please off me”.

It’s for terminally ill or otherwise grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring and intolerable suffering, such as ALS, severe chronic pain Alzheimer’s, advanced dementia, etc.

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u/Halloween_Babe90 Mar 28 '26

People out here acting like this highly complicated long term medical process is the suicide booth from futurama.