Canada has allowed medical assistance in dying for more than five years now, but the issue has remained charged as the law continues to change.

An increase in requests for the practice means providers are stretched thin, and there is an ongoing debate around expanding MAID to include mental illnesses.

National Post Health Reporter Sharon Kirkey joins the show to discuss why there is a growing backlog of MAID patients, the debate over expanding the practice and why controversy over whether doctors should be bringing it up before patients do.

Background reading: Canada's expanding MAID program leading to a crisis in supply of 'willing' doctors

Canadian doctors encouraged to bring up medically assisted death before their patients do

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