Death by starvation in Canada?

The case of Kulendran Mayandy

September 9, 2010 | by Derek Miedema , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Personal communication with Bernard Stephenson, September 7, 2010.
  2. The Consent and Capacity Board is an independent body created by the Ontario government to conduct hearings and make rulings into cases like this one under the Health Care Consent Act.
    Consent and Capacity Board of Ontario. Retrieved September 8, 2010 from http://www.ccboard.on.ca/scripts/english/aboutus/index.asp
  3. Consent and Capacity Board of Ontario. (2010, August 13). In the matter of Health Care Consent Act S.O. 1996 c. 2, Sch. A as amended and in the matter of KM, a patient of William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Campus.  Docket Num. 1186, File Num. HA-10-1483, HA-10-1497.
  4. Health Care Consent Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 2, Sch. A. Section 33(7). Retrieved September 8, 2010 from http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/stat/so-1996-c-2-sch-a/latest/so-1996-c-2-sch-a.html#BK41
  5. Ibid.
  6. Personal communication with Bernard Stephenson, September 7, 2010.
    Personal communication with Alex Schadenberg, September 7, 2010.
  7. Health Canada. (2009). Palliative and End of Life Care. Retrieved September 7, 2010 from
    http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/palliat/index-eng.php
  8. Picard, A. (2010, July 21.) There are a lot better places to die than Canada. The Globe and Mail, p. L1.
  9. Cribb, R. (2010, September 4). Lawsuit could set precedent about end-of-life decisions. The Toronto Star. Retrieved September 8, 2010 at http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/856741--lawsuit-could-set-precedent-about-end-of-life-decisions