Capacity Assessments and the Assessment of Voluntariness in the Context of MAiD Legislation: The Role and Responsibility of Psychiatrists

Affiliations

• ¹ Staff Forensic Psychiatrist, East Coast Forensic Hospital, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• ² Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
• ³ Associate Dean, Mississauga Campus, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice-President, Education and Academic Affairs, Trillium Health Partners; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
• ⁴ Assistant Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice President, Medical Affairs Sinai Health, Toronto, Ontario.
• ⁵ Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Medical Director, Complex Concurrent Disorders, Provincial Health Services Authority, British Columbia.
• ⁶ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.