I'm proud of what I do. We offer patients help, caring and compassion in a professional way within a structured rigorous system

I feel incredibly privileged to be invited in this intimate time to be with the patient and to be trusted in this time. It's profoundly meaningful work

It  is a rights-based issue.

We can't hold individuals hostage to society's failings.

They have no professional responsibility to bring up the issue. They stepped out of their lane.

I think we have a very rigorous system with a number of safeguards and eligibility criteria that are being exceptionally well adhered to.

It's a matter of inclusitivity and restoration of rights to access this legal care.

That happens very seldom. Patients are given enough time to think trough their decisions which don't come at the spur of the moment.

Clinicians help their patients, facilitating their final wish. and it is the illness that is harming them.

It's not the first time I've disagreed here. I certainly don't take my directions from him. I don't mind that it's his impression. I take issue with that

I was concerned about that at the beginning, but after some thought about that, after experiencing that I feel...

It is a little bit inaccurate, to be honest

Yes, we absolutely need to recognize there're inadequacies. Canada has not lived up to its promises. We need to do better. And I stand loudly and proudly with anybody who is demanding better conditions

It's ludicrous, I agree. I don't understand why...

I actually very much respect... and her point of view. And I sincerely disagree with that.

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1. to order someone to go to a law court to answer questions.

2. a conditional release of a prisoner serving an indeterminate or unexpired sentence.

3. a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event (such as a crime).

4. a judicial decision or sentence.

5. a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison.

6. a problem taken to a law court by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police in order to obtain a legal decision.

7. a crime considered to be one of the less serious types of crime.

8. a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved.

9. an official decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a particular crime.

10. a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a jury (such as a grand jury) charging a person with an offence.

11. a session (as of a legislative committee) in which testimony is taken from witnesses.

12. an official order given by a law court, usually to stop someone from doing something.

13. objects, documents, official statements, etc. that are used to prove something is true or not true, especially for legal or insurance purposes.

14. (an act of) murder.

15. money that is paid to someone by a person or organisation who was responsible for causing some injury or loss.