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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

open access: yesCanadian 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBMC 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after medical assistance in dying

open access: yesBMC 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

ICD-Based Cause of Death Statistics Fail to Provide Reliable Data for Medical Aid in Dying

open access: yesInternational 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   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

maid

open access: yes, 1964
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Perceptions and intentions toward medical assistance in dying among Canadian medical students

open access: yesBMC 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey of Mental Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on the Everyday Ethics of Medical-Aid-in-Dying for People with a Mental Illness

open access: yesCanadian 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

MAID ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES [PDF]

open access: yesNSTAR 2005, 2006
10 pages, 3 figurs, 2 tables, Proc.
Tiator, Lothar, Kamalov, Sabit
openaire   +2 more sources

Experiences of healthcare providers with eligible patients’ loss of decision-making capacity while awaiting medical assistance in dying

open access: yesPalliative Care and Social Practice, 2022
Background: In Canada, under Bill C-14, patients who met all eligibility requirements were prevented from accessing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) following their loss of decision-making capacity while awaiting MAiD.
Caroline Variath   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of Older Adults Accessing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): a Descriptive Study

open access: yesCanadian 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
doaj   +1 more source

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