Requests for medically assisted death in N.L. are multiplying. A handful of MDs are taking them on
Dr. Aaron McKim, a family physician and the provincial health authority's chief of medical assistance in dying, says applications for medically assisted death in Newfoundland and Labrador are increasing at a pace so that there aren't enough health-care workers available to meet requests.
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Dr. Aaron McKim, a family physician and the provincial health authority's chief of medical assistance in dying, says applications for medically assisted death in Newfoundland and Labrador are increasing at a pace so that there aren't enough health-care workers available to meet requests.