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Canada delays right to physician-assisted death for mentally ill people

Clinicians say there is concern that the country’s healthcare system is inadequate to protect most vulnerable

Canada is delaying plans which would allow people with mental illness to access medically assisted death amid concern from some clinicians that the healthcare system is not prepared to handle the complicated cases.

Starting March 2023, Canada is expected to become one of the few countries in the world to allow physician-assisted death for chronic mental disorders.

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