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This moral coil: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian medical student attitudes toward medical assistance in dying

BMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background In February, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the ban on medical assistance in dying (MAiD). In June, 2016, the federal government passed Bill C-14, permitting MAiD.
Eli Xavier Bator, Bethany Philpott, Andrew Paul Costa   +2 more
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When the cause of death does not exist: time for the WHO to close the ICD classification gap for Medical Aid in Dying

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a highly controversial ethical issue in the global medical community. Unfortunately, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) lacks coding for MAID.
Uwe Güth, Rolf Weitkunat, Shaun McMillan, Andres R. Schneeberger, Edouard Battegay   +4 more
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Medical Assistance in Dying in health sciences curricula: A qualitative exploratory study

Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2020
Background: This paper offers insight into (1) the driving and restraining forces impacting the inclusion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in health sciences curricula, (2) the required resources for teaching MAID, and (3) the current placement of ...
Janine Brown, Donna Goodridge, Lilian Thorpe   +2 more
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A novel methodology to identify and survey physicians participating in medical aid-in-dying

Scientific Reports, 2022
Physicians who participate in medical-aid-in-dying (MAID) cannot be easily identified and studied due to cost and anonymity barriers. We developed and empirically tested a novel methodology to identify and survey physicians highly likely to participate ...
Vinay Kini, Bridget Mosley, Julie Ressalam, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic, Hillary D. Lum, Elizabeth R. Kessler, Matthew DeCamp, Eric G. Campbell   +7 more
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Extending Medical Aid in Dying to Incompetent Patients: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Attitudes of People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Quebec

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021
Background: In Quebec, medical aid in dying (MAiD) is legal under certain conditions. Access is currently restricted to patients who are able to consent at the time of the act, which excludes most people with dementia at an advanced stage.
Vincent Thériault, Diane Guay, Gina Bravo   +2 more
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Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after medical assistance in dying

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Québec since December 2015 and in the rest of Canada since July 2016. Since then, more than 60 people have donated their organs after MAID.
Julie Allard, Fabian Ballesteros, Marie-Chantal Fortin   +2 more
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ICD-Based Cause of Death Statistics Fail to Provide Reliable Data for Medical Aid in Dying

International Journal of Public Health, 2023
Objectives: To evaluate the most recent developments of medical aid in dying (MAID) in Switzerland and to test the reliability of reporting this phenomenon in cause of death statistics.Methods: By reviewing the MAID cases between 2018 and 2020, we ...
Uwe Güth, Uwe Güth, Christoph Junker, Marion Schafroth, Shaun McMillan, Andres R. Schneeberger, Constanze Elfgen, Constanze Elfgen, Edouard Battegay, Edouard Battegay, Edouard Battegay, Rolf Weitkunat   +11 more
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Perceptions and intentions toward medical assistance in dying among Canadian medical students

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background Medical assistance in dying (MAID) was legalized in Canada in 2016. As of July 2017, approximately 2149 patients have accessed MAID. There remains no national-level data on the perspectives of future physicians about MAID or its changing legal
James Falconer, Félix Couture, Koray K. Demir, Michael Lang, Zachary Shefman, Mark Woo   +5 more
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Survey of Mental Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on the Everyday Ethics of Medical-Aid-in-Dying for People with a Mental Illness

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2020
Context: In most jurisdictions where medical-aid-in-dying (MAiD) is available, this option is reserved for individuals suffering from incurable physical conditions.
Marjorie Montreuil, Monique Séguin, Catherine Gros, Eric Racine   +3 more
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