# OnCo record law-canada-maid (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/terms/law-canada-maid/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "law-canada-maid" ;
  schema:name "Medical assistance in dying in Canada (Criminal Code, section 241.2)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "MAID"@en, "medical assistance in dying"@en, "Criminal Code s. 241.2"@en ;
  schema:description "In Canada, an adult who can make health decisions, has a serious and incurable condition with intolerable suffering, and asks voluntarily may receive medical assistance in dying after being told about all ways to relieve suffering, including palliative care."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/law-canada-maid/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-241.2.html> ;
  onco:tag "law" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/law-oregon-death-with-dignity-act/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-washington-death-with-dignity-act/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-california-end-of-life-option-act/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-netherlands-euthanasia-act/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-spain-euthanasia-act/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-victoria-voluntary-assisted-dying-act/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-england-wales-terminally-ill-adults-bill/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/law-scotland-assisted-dying-bill/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/> .