MAiD2025

Seeing Through the Clouds: A Guide to Dementia and Medical Assistance in Dying

Saturday, May 3, 2025

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Speaker(s)

Speakers: Tanja Daws

Session Details

Objectives: i. Review dementia trajectories (sub types) ii. Discuss practical approaches for assessing a patient's eligibility for MAiD with dementia. iii. Determine when patients are suffering intolerably iv. Apply this knowledge when considering the use of a waiver in patients with dementia

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