Assessing Incurability in MAiD Assessment
| Friday, May 1, 2026 |
| 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Opus Ballroom |
Speaker(s)
Speakers: Mona Gupta, Jocelyn Downie
Session Details
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the CAMAP guidance on assessing the eligibility requirement of "serious and incurable illness, disease and disability."
2. Explain the content of the guidance to learners, colleagues, patients and families
3. Apply the guidance to case examples
Speaker
Dr. Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University
Speaker
Biography
Jocelyn Downie is a Professor Emeritus in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at Dalhousie University. She has been working on MAiD since the 1990's - she is nothing if not persistent.
Dr. Mona Gupta
Psychiatrist
Université De Montréal
Incurability
Biography
Mona Gupta is a consultation liaison-psychiatrist and Professeure Titulaire de Clinique in the Department of Psychiatry and Addicitions at the Université de Montréal.
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