{
  "id": 16733377,
  "title": "Dementia doctors, provinces differ on question of advance consent in MAID",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/dementia-doctors-provinces-differ-on-question-of-advance-consent-in-16733377",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T08:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/27/dementia-doctors-provinces-differ-on-question-of-advance-consent-in-maid/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TORONTO — As the federal government prepares to table new legislation that would allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying, the stark difference in opinion between two provinces highlights an ongoing debate about what constitutes true consent among people who have dementia.",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}