Friday, May 1, 2026

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Opus Ballroom

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Overview

Speakers: Jocelyn Downie and Georges L’Espérance

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Details

At the end of this session, participants will be able to: - analyze the legal criteria of intolerable suffering and what this means to the courts - discuss intolerable suffering vs irremediability and how it applies to clinical scenarios in a MAiD request - reflect on the ethical tensions in trying to appreciate or understand intolerable suffering - explain considerations around anticipatory suffering

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