Speaker: Dr. Derryck Smith, Past President of the BC Medical Association and a past board member of the Canadian Medical Association. Dr. Smith is a Clinical Professor Emeritus with the Department of Psychiatry and is active in clinical teaching of medical students and residents. He is a past president of the Medical Legal Society and was Chair of the Board for the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Services Society and is a Dying With Dignity Canada Board Member.
Canada has an assisted dying law for the entire country, which may include voluntary euthanasia rather than just self-administration; and, may extend its provisions to people not just terminally ill.
September 18, 2016 – Canada has an assisted dying law for the entire country, which may include voluntary euthanasia rather than just self-administration; and, may extend its provisions to people not just terminally ill.