ICD-Based Cause of Death Statistics Fail to Provide Reliable Data for Medical Aid in Dying [PDF]
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 +11 more
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Medical Aid in Dying: Europe’s Urgent Medico-Ethical Challenge [PDF]
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Uwe Güth +5 more
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Medical Aid in Dying: A Societal Challenge [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthUwe Güth +3 more
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Medical Aid in Dying and Dementia Directives
Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021 Although Canada recently expanded access to medical assistance in dying, intolerably suffering Canadians with dementia still face seven obstacles to qualify for MAID. Advance directives for VSED are an important, yet under-appreciated, alternative.
Thaddeus Mason Pope
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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 [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Medical Aid in Dying: Ethical and Practical Issues. [PDF]
J Adv Pract Oncol, 2023 At JADPRO Live 2022, Jonathan Treem, MD, of the University of Colorado Palliative Care, explained medical aid in dying in order to prepare advanced practitioners to feel confident to counsel a patient who inquiries about aid in dying. He explained the law and protocol for participation, the history, ethics, and data behind the intervention, and steps ...
Treem J.
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A novel methodology to identify and survey physicians participating in medical aid-in-dying [PDF]
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 +7 more
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“The Razor’s Edge of Timing:” A Phenomenological Analysis of Decision-Making Processes Surrounding Medical Aid in Dying [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthObjectivesThe study aimed to explore how terminally ill individuals in the United States approach medical aid in dying (MAID), including personal, interpersonal and structural factors that influence their decision-making processes.MethodsThis embodied ...
Jennifer Currin-McCulloch +3 more
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MAID ready for primetime?: A survey of SGO members regarding medical aid in dying (MAID) [PDF]
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2021 Objectives: To assess SGO members’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice patterns regarding Medical Aid In Dying (MAID). Methods: SGO members were surveyed via online survey.
Alaina J. Brown +5 more
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Knowledge of and Preferences for Medical Aid in Dying.
JAMA Netw OpenImportanceMedical aid in dying (MAID) is legal in jurisdictions covering more than one-fifth of the US population and has been used by a largely White, educated population. The extent to which knowledge of MAID and preferences for personal use align with patterns of use is unknown.ObjectiveTo evaluate knowledge among US adults of the legal status of ...
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