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Healthcare workers in Canada are grappling with the ethics of Canada's euthanasia system, according to an AP investigation.

As Canada pushes to expand euthanasia and more countries move to legalize it, Canadian healthcare workers are struggling with requests from people whose pain might be alleviated by money, adequate housing, or social connections.
 
When Canada legalized assisted dying in 2016, officials said they wanted to reduce suffering and support individual autonomy and freedom of choice.

Experts tasked with delivering euthanasia to people who aren't dying have called it morally distressing. 

I'm Karen Chammas.