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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

The Tale of the Green Maid

open access: yes, 2022
'The Tale of the Green Maid' is a narrative poem, which reimagines an old Welsh folktale within a contemporary Australian landscape. The poem explores themes around autonomy within relationships, and the tensions between artistic and personal ...
Sulway, Nike
core  

Air pollution exposure during training impairs performance in Thoroughbred racehorses

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ambient air pollution contributes substantially to human morbidity and mortality, and athletes are recognised as a particularly vulnerable group. However, little is known about the impact of air pollution on equine athletes. Objectives To explore the relationship between air pollution exposure during the pre‐competition training ...
Danielle Scott   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Questioning the Ethics of Assisted Dying for the Mentally Ill

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023
Since Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2016, it has become one of the most permissive regimes in the world for euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Patrick Craine
doaj   +1 more source

MAID is a Rigorous process [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Family Physician, 2020
I am deeply offended by Dr Ladouceur’s suggestion that medical assistance in dying allows us to dispose of life.[1][1] As someone who has experienced a loved one hang himself years ago to end his terrible, terminal suffering (his wife found him), and more recently a loved one (Dr Jay Keystone)
openaire   +2 more sources

Who is a responsible woman? Understanding the scope and characteristics of responsible womanhood amongst women in Karachi

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we will construct and analyze intersecting definitions of womanhood among middle‐class women living in Karachi, Pakistan. Women are agents of their lives and are not passive voices. In this paper, we present narratives of women who resist “societal” narratives of womanhood to live a life of their choosing.
Urooba Ahmed Fatima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

[News Clip: Cotton maid]

open access: yes, 1958
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about 1958's Maid of Cotton coming to Dallas as a goodwill ambassador for ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
core   +1 more source

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): the opinions of medical trainees in Newfoundland and Labrador. A cross-sectional study.

open access: yesCanadian Medical Education Journal, 2019
Background: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in 2016.  As future physicians, medical trainees will face decisions regarding MAiD.
Robert NG McCarthy, Melanie Seal
doaj   +1 more source

Performing history, negotiating patriarchy: Actressing as gendered labor and the fragmentation of womanhood in Chinese historical costume drama

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Gender inequality remains widespread in the film and television production industry, yet it is seldom examined in relation to backstage working environments. This article integrates on‐screen and off‐screen perspectives to investigate the working lives of Chinese actresses.
Yajie Li, Yuhao Ding
wiley   +1 more source

Accuracy of Dental Students' Predictions Regarding Which Underserved Populations They Anticipate Treating Post‐Graduation

open access: yesJournal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose/Objective The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine whether dental students who expressed a willingness to treat underserved populations actually treat them as practicing dentists. Methods Since Fall 2008, dental students at the University of Iowa have completed a student survey assessing their willingness to treat 13 ...
Rima Desai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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