Assisted Suicide

Assisted suicide is the process by which a person who may otherwise be physically incapable, is provided with the means (drugs or equipment) to commit suicide.

It differs from euthanasia in that, in assisted suicide, the individual performs the critical action that causes the death. In euthanasia, another person does it. ^[1]

[1] Adapted from Wikipedia "Assisted suicide". Online: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide

Resources

	Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada Prepared by: M. Dunsmuir, M. Tiedemann Law and Government Division (Revised 23 February 2006)
	Canadian Medical Association (1998) Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.
	Statement concerning euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Ethics Committee of the College of Family Physicians of Canada

Legal Cases

	Rodriguez v British Columbia 1993 3 SCR 519. Online: http://canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1993/1993canlii75/1993canlii75.pdf
	Right to Die "Assisted Suicides in Canada". Lists the outcomes of a number of criminal cases where persons have aided the death of another.

Media Articles

	"Healthy woman's assisted suicide sets off firestorm" Fri. Jul. 4 2008, The Associated Press. Describes the assisted death of a woman in Germany who did not want to go to a nursing home.
	Assisted suicide The fight for the right to die June 11, 2007, CBC News [In Depth]
	Desire for physician-assisted suicide among patients receiving palliative cancer care: Results of Canada-wide study now available. University of Ottawa, June 6, 2007

Other Resources

Duhaime.Org "Euthanasia in Canada"

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