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

Saturday, May 3, 2025
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Grand Ballroom AB

Speaker(s)

Speakers: Tanja Daws and Janet Kow

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

Speaker

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Dr. Tanja Daws
Physician
Dr T Daws Inc

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Biography

Dr. Tanja Daws is a family physician and MAiD provider. She is a founding member of CAMAP and faculty for the Canadian MAiD Curriculum.

I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off label” use of medications)
I have/had have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations.
Member of an advisory board or speakers’ bureau: Dying with Dignity Canada
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Dr. Janet Kow
Geriatrician
UBC

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Biography

Dr Janet Kow (pronounced Koo) is a geriatrician in Vancouver and was the past Head of the UBC Division of Geriatric Medicine. Her practice focuses on the frail elderly.

I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations.
I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off label” use of medications)

 

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