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Why is access to medically assisted death a legislated right, but access to palliative care isn’t?
John started his first appointment in the Neuropalliative Care Clinic with, “I want to talk about MAiD.” I had one request: that he wait to make his MAiD decision until after seeing a community palliative care physician. At his next appointment, John informed us he had withdrawn his MAiD request because his primary symptom—pain—was now well-controlled.