Death lessons from Canada: is assisted dying a new solution to ageing?

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Death lessons from Canada: is assisted dying a new solution to ageing?

This Conversation piece adds an often ignored consideration to this emotive debate, which is the impact of structural inequalities related to age, class, gender and ethnicity on individual 'choices' and autonomy, specifically a lack of access to health and social care. These lessons are those borne out in Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).