Canada a role model for Germany in case of Palliative & Assisted Suicide?

As mentioned and outline in my blog posts before in German (Recht auf selbstbestimmtes Sterben) and English (Right to a Self-determined Death) German Federal Constitutional Court has stated, in a judgment pronounced in February 2020, that the prohibition of assisted suicide services set out in § 217 (which made assisted suicide a criminal offense) of the German Criminal Code is inoperative and violates the German Basic Law.

In Canada there has been the possibility of so-called assisted suicide for 5 years.
What (intended and unintentional) psychological and social consequences, as they are visible in Canada, entails such an opening to suicide assistance?
What can German legislation learn from Canadian experiences and observations?
Perhaps the Canadian legislation on “MAID - Medical Assistance in Dying” might or can serve as a role model?!


 
Prof. Dr. Raymond Voltz (Director of the Center for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Cologne)
and
Prof. Gary Rodin MD (Director of the Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC) and a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto)
invited to a symposium in June 2021:
 “Widening the scope on assisted dying - the (un-) intended consequences: What's next for Germany's legislation“ 
They discussed with experts and participants about possible consequences and chances for a future handling of suicide assistance in Germany.

The recording (about 2 hours) is available on YouTube:






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