title: Criminalization of assisted suicide challenged.
abstract: In September 1999, Jim Wakeford, a Toronto man with HIV/AIDS, launched a civil action against the Attorney General of Canada, challenging the constitutionality of sections of the Criminal Code that criminalize assisted suicide.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*