The Completed Life through an International Lens: Implications of Medical Aid-in-Dying

The fourth session of the Completed Life Initiative conference is an all-star cast from Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands. Join Jocelyn Downie, Ben White, and Agnes van der Heide on Thursday, September 24, 2020.

Session Four will address legislative and policy barriers to patients achieving access to end-of-life resources. This session will focus on how to create policy to mitigate or remove barriers to end-of-life choice, with specific regard to medical aid-in-dying, and how clinicians can better support and implement a defined standard of care across the U.S. for aid in dying. 

Discussion will further consider a comparative angle from experts in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. This comparative lens offers a method of “looking to” other models for how the United States can shape its legislation and policy, which some states have done by modeling their legislation after Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act.