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Dr. Allison Crawford, MD, PhD is a psychiatrist and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and a Professor at the University of Toronto, in the Departments of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She is the Chief Medical Officer of 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline in Canada. All information on this website is based on the best available scientific evidence. The views represented here are Allison’s own and do not represent the views of her employer. Allison is committed to advancing open and critically reflexive dialogue about MAID, while also remaining strongly committed to medical assistance in living, first.
This website and the inspiration for medical assistance in living are dedicated to Allison’s brother, Stephen Crawford (1976 - 2023), who lived with courage in the face of suffering.