INTRODUCTION
When you think of the word ‘suicide’, it is commonly associated with an act of selfishness. However, assisted suicide is the act of a taking a lethal drug provided by a doctor with a purpose to end a patient’s life, whom is suffering from an incurable disease. A federal legislation came into force generating substructure for medical assistance in dying in Canada on June 17, 2016 (Government of Canada, 2018). That following year, reported 1,179 Canadian’s ended their lives legally under…
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