Roughly the same number told a poll they were fine with approving MAID for someone whose only affliction was poverty

在一项民意调查中,大约有相同比例的人表示,批准给唯一的痛苦是贫穷的人执行MAID(药物协助死亡),他们没有意见。

One third of Canadians are apparently fine with prescribing assisting suicide for no other reason than the fact that the patient is poor or homeless.

对于处方协助自杀的做法,三分之一的加拿大人显然没有意见——如果唯一原因是病人很穷或无家可归的话。

The results were contained in a recent Research Co. poll probing just how comfortable Canadians were with the current state of the country’s MAID (medical assistance in dying) regime.

这一结果包含在研究公司(Research Co.)最近进行的一项民意调查中,调查内容是加拿大人对该国临终医疗援助制度现状的满意度如何。
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Starting in March 2021, Canada became one of only a handful of countries on earth to legalize assisted suicide even in instances where a patient does not have a terminal illness. Ever since, a Canadian can be approved for MAID simply for having a “grievous and irremediable medical condition.”

从2021年3月开始,加拿大成为世界上少数几个将协助自杀合法化的国家之一,即使在某些病人没有绝症的情况下。从那以后,加拿大人只要有“严重且无法补救的健康状况”,就可以获批执行MAID。

Research Co. found that 73 per cent of poll respondents favoured the current regime, and only 16 per cent opposed it.

调查公司发现,73%的受访者支持目前的制度,只有16%的人反对。

Pollsters also found not-insignificant numbers of Canadians who favoured assisted suicide in cases where no medical condition of any kind was present.

民意调查还发现,对于没有任何医疗条件的情况,加拿大人支持病人协助自杀的数量也不小。

If a Canadian’s only affliction was “poverty,” 27 per cent said they would be fine with legalizing that person’s access to MAID. Another 28 per cent pegged “homelessness” as an appropriate bar to qualify for MAID.

如果一个加拿大人唯一的痛苦是“贫穷”,27%的人表示他们可以接受让这个人获得MAID合法化。另有28%的人认为“无家可归”是获得MAID资格的适当标准。

And 20 per cent of respondents were fine with MAID being handed out to anybody for any reason. In other words, one fifth of respondents agreed with the sentiment “medical assistance in dying should always be allowed, regardless of who requests it.”

20%的受访者对以任何理由对任何人实施MAID都没有意见。换句话说,五分之一的受访者同意“无论谁提出请求,都应该允许医疗协助死亡”的观点。

Notably, these most absolutist supporters of assisted suicide were pretty evenly distributed among age groups, regions and even political demographics: 20 per cent Conservatives, 20 per cent of NDPers and 22 per cent of Liberals were in the “always be allowed” camp.

值得注意的是,这些最绝对主义的协助自杀支持者在不同年龄组、地区甚至政治人口统计中分布得相当均匀:20%的保守党人、20%的新民主党人和22%的自由党人站在“永远允许”的阵营。

One of the more controversial aspects of MAID has been a number of high-profile cases in which Canadians with serious illnesses opted for death only after years of failing to obtain proper medical care. The Research Co. poll found a slim majority of respondents who were fine with this, too; 51 per cent endorsed “inability to receive medical treatment” as sufficient reason for an assisted death.

MAID的一个更有争议的方面是一些引人注目的案例,在这些案例中,患有严重疾病的加拿大人在多年得不到适当的医疗照顾后才选择死亡。调查公司的调查发现,略微过半的受访者也对此可以接受;51%的人赞同"无法接受治疗"是协助死亡的充分理由。

It’s not the first time that a poll has found significant numbers of Canadians willing to expand MAID well beyond its original purpose as a form of euthanasia for the terminally ill.

这并不是第一次有民意调查发现,相当多的加拿大人愿意扩大MAID,远远超出其最初的目的,即为绝症患者提供一种形式的安乐死。

In February, an Angus Reid Institute poll similarly found 61 per cent of Canadians favouring the country’s current MAID regime,

今年2月,安格斯·里德研究所的一项民意调查同样发现,61%的加拿大人支持该国目前的MAID制度,

Canadian comfort with MAID may explain why it has immediately become more widespread and liberalized than in almost any other jurisdiction offering legalized assisted suicide.

加拿大人对MAID的接受度或许可以解释,为什么与几乎任何其他司法管辖范围允许的合法协助自杀相比,它立即变得更加普及和自由化。
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Canada is notable for its relative lack of checks on the procedure; MAID can be approved and administered by nurse practitioners whereas most countries require the approval of a physician. Canada is also experiencing a skyrocketing rate of MAID deaths well beyond anything experienced abroad.

加拿大因其相对缺乏对该程序的检查而闻名;MAID可由执业护士批准和管理,而大多数国家需要医生批准。加拿大的艾滋病死亡率也在急剧上升,远远超过了其他国家。

While only 2,838 Canadians opted for assisted suicide in the first full year of legalized MAID, as of last count in 2021 that had risen to 10,064 — an increase of 32.4 per cent over just the year before.

虽然在MAID合法化的第一年,只有2838名加拿大人选择协助自杀,但截至2021年的最后一次统计,这一数字已上升至10064人,比前一年增长了32.4%。

The practice of referring or recommending assisted suicide has also spread well beyond the traditional boundaries of the health-care system. Notably, MAID routinely practiced within the Canadian prison system, despite similar measures proving deeply controversial in Belgium, a pioneer in assisted suicide legalization.

提及或建议协助自杀的做法也远远超出了卫生保健系统的传统界限。值得注意的是,尽管类似的措施在协助自杀合法化的先驱比利时引起了极大的争议,MAID却在加拿大监狱系统中经常实施。

Nevertheless, a majority of respondents to both polls did show hesitancy when it came to Canada’s eventual plan to extend assisted suicide to citizens whose only underlying condition is mental illness.

然而,当涉及到加拿大最终计划将协助自杀扩大到唯一的潜在疾病是精神疾病的公民时,两项民意调查的大多数受访者确实表现出犹豫。

Just 31 per cent of Angus Red Institute respondents thought it was a good idea. Among Research Co. respondents, 43 per cent backed MAID for the mentally ill against 45 per cent who did not.

在安格斯里德研究所的受访者中,只有31%的人认为这是个好主意。在调查公司的受访者中,43%的人支持为精神病患者实施MAID,45%的人不支持。

MAID for the mentally ill was supposed to become legal in March, but in one of the only instances of Canada pulling back on its rapid expansion of assisted suicide, that date was ultimately pushed forward into 2024 in order to “prepare for the safe and consistent assessment and provision of MAID in all cases.”

面向精神疾病患者的MAID本应在3月份合法化,但这是加拿大撤回其快速扩张的协助自杀的少数几个例子之一,这一日期最终被推迟到2024年,以便“为在所有情况下对MAID进行安全和一致的评估和提供做好准备”。

The Research Co. poll surveyed 1,000 adults online between April 22 and 24. The data was statistically weighted according to Canadian census figures and Research Co. says the margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

调查公司于4月22日至24日在网上对1,000名成年人进行了调查。这些数据是根据加拿大人口普查数据进行统计加权的。调查公司说,误差幅度为正负3.1个百分点。