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Evidence for a Role of the Transcriptional Regulator Maid in Tumorigenesis and Aging. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Maid is a helix-loop-helix protein that is involved in cell proliferation. In order to further elucidate its physiological functions, we studied Maid activity in two small fish model systems.
Koichi Fujisawa, Shuji Terai, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Taro Takami, Naoki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Nishina, Makoto Furutani-Seiki, Isao Sakaida   +7 more
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The impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of patients and their family caregivers with medical assistance in dying in hospital

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures have drastically impacted end-of-life and grief experiences globally, including those related to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). No known qualitative studies to date have examined the MAiD
Eryn Tong, Rinat Nissim, Debbie Selby, Sally Bean, Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, Tharshika Thangarasa, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li, Sarah Hales   +8 more
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Medical assistance in dying for people living with mental disorders: a qualitative thematic review

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) sparks debate in several countries, some of which allow or plan to allow MAiD where a mental disorder is the sole underlying medical condition (MAiD-MD).
Caroline Favron-Godbout, Eric Racine
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Unacknowledged Pain and Disenfranchised Grief: A Narrative Analysis of Physical and Emotional Pain in Complex MAiD Bereavement Stories

Canadian Journal of Pain, 2023
Background Pain can influence an individual’s choice to pursue medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and may also influence how family members experience that decision.
Kristie Serota, Michael Atkinson, Daniel Z Buchman   +2 more
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சங்க கால மகளீரின் மாட்சிமை / The Majesty of Sangam Women [PDF]

Pandian Journal of Women's Studies
Literature captures the normal life of people. The family is a long-standing social institution that instructs virtue in a society. Love is very important in this family system.
முனைவர் ல. குமாரி கிருஷ்ணவேணி / Dr. L. Kumari Krishnaveni
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Hospice care providers experiences of grappling with medical assistance in dying in a hospice setting: a qualitative descriptive study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Rapid implementation of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) across care settings has challenged providers and organizations, including hospices, to develop and implement new modes of practice.
Shannon Freeman, Davina Banner, Valerie Ward   +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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The Maid Vanishes [PDF]

Lateral, 2016
This essay begins with two brief accounts—one of arrival and the other of vanishing. It was the late summer of 2005 when we—my partner, young daughter, and I—moved to the UK, where I was to take up a lectureship at the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick.
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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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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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