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            How Canada is transforming assisted death safeguards
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 15
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Dozens of countries allow patients to seek a doctor’s help in ending their lives. Canada has been a leader in the movement, but is now set to loosen safeguards that are meant to protect people with mental illness. It’s controversial - we’ll hear from both sides, and look at how medically-assisted death has evolved since the days of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
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