By Robert Fife and Laura Stone
The Globe and Mail - Ottawa
Originally published February 24, 2016
A special parliamentary committee will propose Parliament adopt a new physician-assisted dying law that includes advance consent for people in early stages of dementia, sources say.
In a report to be tabled in Parliament Thursday, sources say the joint Commons-Senate committee will also address how doctors should deal with people with debilitating mental disorders and young people enduring painful and terminal illnesses.
The report recommends the government should first see how medically assisted dying works with adults before allowing it for children or people with mental illnesses.
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