Jason Warick; CBC News

A Good Death is a profile of Saskatoon artist Jeanette Lodoen before, during, and after her death by medical assistance in dying. She granted CBC News unrestricted access to herself and her family in her final days because she wanted to share what an assisted death is like with families, health professionals, and lawmakers.

Wolfgang Herrndorf

Wolfgang Herrndorf originally wrote this text as a blog, which he began in 2010, after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. The text, which was published as a book after his suicide, vehemently advocates for the right to assisted suicide and was therefore used as a plea in public and political debates by those in favour of legalizing that right.

Catherine Porter

In this New York Times cover story, Catherine Porter recounts the assisted death of John Shields, an activist, environmentalist, and union leader from Vancouver Island. The article appeared shortly before the one-year anniversary of the legalization of medical assistance in dying in Canada and explores how assisted death impacts the rituals surrounding death.

John Hofsess

In this article, right to die activist John Hofsess reveals that he illegally helped eight people kill themselves from 1999 to 2001, including the Canadian poet Al Purdy. Hofsess portrays himself in a positive light, as a hero of the assisted suicide cause, but a 2022 article by journalist Sandra Martin casts doubt on both his character and motivations.

Danièle Saint-Bois

Following two extremely difficult years suffering with cancer, artist Alicia D. decides she wants to end her life. With the help of her doctor and a nurse, who is also a love interest, Alicia receives an actively hastened death, beyond the provisions of the 2005 Léonetti Law.

Marianne Brooker

Having lived with a progressive form of multiple sclerosis for ten years, Marianne Brooker’s mother voluntarily stopped eating and drinking, a legal approximation of assisted dying in the UK. Brooker’s long-form essay about her mother’s decision and her own experience caring for her at the end positions Brooker’s demand for assisted dying options within wider issues of social justice.

Vincent Humbert (with Frédéric Veille)

Following a life-changing accident, which left Vincent Humbert paraplegic, blind and mute, the young man decided that he wanted to end his life and wrote to the French President in search of help. This text is his story, one of the most significant in the history of the assisted dying debate in France.

Jean-Marie Lorand

This text is a published version of the diary kept by former journalist and parliamentary aide, turned assisted dying activist, Jean-Marie Lorand during the last months of his life. Lorand was an influential figure in public debate and his testimony was shared during the hearings in the Belgian Senate prior to the introduction of the country’s Act on Euthanasia (2002).

Wolfgang Prosinger

51-year-old Ulrich Tanner, who lived in Cologne, suffered from various incurable diseases and took his own life in Switzerland with the help of the organisation Dignitas. Journalist Wolfgang Prosinger accompanied and interviewed Tanner in his last months and wrote a book about his life and his decision to commit assisted suicide.

Stefanie Green, MD

In this memoir, Dr. Stefanie Green chronicles her first year providing medical assistance in dying (MAID) immediately following the procedure’s legalization in 2016. Dr. Green is one of Canada’s leading MAID providers and is the founding president of the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers.