
Catherine Ferrier
Catherine Ferrier is a family doctor and assistant professor in geriatric medicine at McGill University who has voiced concerns regarding the implementation of advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID). She argues that patients may not fully understand their future experiences due to the unpredictable nature of capacity-limiting conditions, raising questions about the validity of informed consent under such circumstances.
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Dr. Catherine Ferrier, a family doctor and assistant professor in geriatric medicine at McGill University, urges caution regarding MAID for patients with dementia.
Quebec’s advance-request MAID program offers a complicated example for other jurisdictionsCatherine Ferrier has expressed concerns that patients won’t know what their experience will be and therefore cannot be fully informed.
Advance requests for MAID ‘generally supported,’ national consultations find




