Share your thoughts: Advance requests and medical assistance in dying

From Health Canada

Current status: Open

Opened on December 12, 2024 and will close to new input on February 14, 2025.

A national consultation on advance requests and medical assistance in dying (MAID) will:

• discuss advance requests, using international and domestic research, studies and examples
• hear your views on advance requests

Join in: How to participate

You can participate by completing the questionnaire.

Note: This questionnaire is intended for participants in Canada only.

Questionnaire: MAID and advance requests

Who is the focus of this consultation

• Patients
• Health care providers
• First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
• Persons with lived experiences
• People residing in Canada

This is a vital opportunity to share your valuable insights. Diverse perspectives will enrich discussions and inform policy development.

In addition to the questionnaire, this national conversation includes:

• discussions with all provinces and territories
• virtual roundtables with a broad range of stakeholders, including Indigenous groups, persons with disabilities and people with lived personal experiences (by invitation only)

Health Canada will publish a report on key findings in Spring 2025.

Why we are consulting

On the complex topic of advance requests as they relate to MAID, it's important to hear a full range of perspectives.

This national conversation is another step to ensure that the framework for MAID in Canada:

• reflects the evolving needs of people in Canada
• protects those who may be vulnerable
• supports autonomy and freedom of choice

Related information

• Statement on advance requests for medical assistance in dying
• Medical assistance in dying: National conversation on advance requests

Contact us

Health Canada, End of Life Care Unit

Email: eolc-sfv@hc-sc.gc.ca