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Too much safety? Safeguards and equal access in the context of voluntary assisted dying legislation

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background In June 2019, the Australian state of Victoria joined the growing number of jurisdictions around the world to have legalised some form of voluntary assisted dying.
Rosalind McDougall, Bridget Pratt
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Objections to assisted dying within institutions: systemic solutions for rapprochement

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
In this Matters Arising article, we outline how the recent article “The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions” (White et al., 2023 Mar 13;24(1):22) informed Voluntary ...
Carmelle Peisah, Adrianna Sheppard, Kelvin CY Leung   +2 more
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Assisted dying around the world: a status quaestionis.

Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2020
Assisted dying practices, which include euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS), have expanded significantly around the world over the past 20 years.
Sarah Mroz, S. Dierickx, L. Deliens, Joachim Cohen, K. Chambaere   +4 more
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Practical and ethical complexities of MAiD: Examples from Quebec [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2020
Background: Legally practiced assisted dying is an ethically complex area in need of empirical and conceptual work. International research suggests that providing assisted dying may be experienced as rewarding and meaningful but also emotionally and ...
Gitte Koksvik
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Characteristics of Older Adults Accessing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): a Descriptive Study

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2021
Background  Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is an end-of-life option for Canadians accounting for 2% of all deaths in Canada in 2019. Adults over 80 years old represent a significant proportion of these deaths, yet little is known about how they ...
Debbie Selby, Brandon Chan, Amy Nolen
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Attitudes Toward Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Among Norwegian Palliative Care Physicians

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: Data from other countries have indicated that palliative care physicians are more opposed to assisted dying compared with other physicians.
Olav Magnus Fredheim, Eva Gravdahl, Ingeborg Skulberg, Morten Magelssen   +3 more
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Support for and willingness to be involved in voluntary assisted dying: a multisite, cross‐sectional survey study of clinicians in Victoria, Australia

Internal medicine journal (Print), 2021
In the Australian state of Victoria, specialist doctors are central to the operation of voluntary assisted dying (VAD). However, a broad range of clinicians may be involved in the care of patients requesting or using VAD.
M. Sellars, M. Tacey, R. McDougall, Barbara Hayes, Bridget Pratt, C. Hempton, K. Detering, Rosemary Aldrich, M. Benson, Jeffrey T Kirwan, M. Gold, L. O'Driscoll, Danielle Ko   +12 more
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Euthanasia of animals – association with veterinarians’ suicidal thoughts and attitudes towards assisted dying in humans: a nationwide cross-sectional survey (the NORVET study)

BMC Psychiatry
Veterinarians are an occupational group with an increased suicide risk. Euthanasing animals may influence both veterinarians’ views on assisted dying in humans and their suicide risk. We investigated (I) attitudes towards assisted dying, (II) whether the
Helene Seljenes Dalum, R. Tyssen, T. Moum, Magne Thoresen, Erlend Hem   +4 more
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Efficacy and safety of drugs used for ‘assisted dying’

British Medical Bulletin, 2022
Background ‘Assisted dying’ is practiced in some European countries and US states. Legislation suggests that there exists an easily prescribed drug which consistently brings about death quickly and painlessly.
Ana Worthington, I. Finlay, C. Regnard
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A public health perspective on assisted dying and its different modalities

The Lancet Public Health
Summary: Assisted dying (encompassing euthanasia and assisted suicide) has emerged as a legally sanctioned option for end-of-life care in an increasing number of countries.
Paola Sillitti, MSc, Clément Meier, PhD, Solenne Blanc, MSc, Laura Jones, PhD, Claudia Gamondi, ProfPhD   +4 more
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