In Canada, medical assistance in dying, or MAID, can only be administered to someone with a grievous or irremediable medical condition if they have given informed consent during their request and immediately before receiving MAID (Health Canada). However, in some particular cases such as for neurocognitive disorders, patients lose their capacity to consent before they can officially be considered candidates for MAID. This has sparked a discussion of whether or not an advance request for MAID should be allowed. If this is permitted, this would allow patients to make an early request for MAID…