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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by giarc on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:22PM (#42403476)
In your first example, I suspect there was probably other things present you weren't made aware of. Currently the requirements in Canada include (only copy those relevant to your example).

-have a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability (excluding a mental illness until March 17, 2027)

-be in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capability

-have enduring and intolerable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be alleviated under conditions the person considers acceptable

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/ad-am/bk-di.html#s1

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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by nprateem on Thursday December 12, 2024 @05:15PM (#42403980)
It sounds like the last one is the get out of jail free card.
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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by cperciva on Thursday December 12, 2024 @09:33PM (#42405485)
The "alleviated under conditions the person considers acceptable" clause is very broad, but doctors have to first agree that the person is suffering intolerably, so it's not entirely a blanket clause.
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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by dghlsakjg on Thursday December 12, 2024 @10:29PM (#42405707)
That isn’t the full list, and all of the criteria must be met, not just one of them.
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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by guyzero on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:27PM (#42403536)
Yes, I know very little other than that he was a cancer "survivor" - he wasn't about to die of cancer imminently but I think he had some sort of long-term ongoing health issues. But he was apparently well enough to drive a car!
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