Medical Aid in Dying: Europe’s Urgent Medico-Ethical Challenge [PDF]
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Medical aid in dying (MAID) or assisted dying is defined as the circumstance in which a physician prescribes or provides a lethal substance to a patient to enable the patient to end his or her life. The critical point about assisted suicide is that those
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Legal provisions on medical aid in dying encode moral intuition. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASignificance Medical ethicists and policy analysts have long cautioned that legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide could trigger a “slippery slope,” eroding societal opposition to other forms of medicalized killing.
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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.
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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.
Treem J.
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Disability, Offense, and the Expressivist Objection to Medical Aid in Dying. [PDF]
J Med PhilosOne criticism of medical aid in dying (MAID) is the expressivist objection: MAID is morally wrong because it expresses judgments about disabilities or persons with disabilities, that are offensive, disrespectful, or discriminatory.
Kious BM.
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Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023 In the light of current legislation on Medical Aid in Dying ─euthanasia and assisted suicide─ in different countries worldwide, there have been some arguments devoted to the right to conscientious objection for healthcare professionals in these specific
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The Support Needs of Patients Requesting Medical Aid in Dying and Their Relatives: A Qualitative Study Using Semi-Structured Interviews and Written Narratives [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthObjectivesTo explore the support needs that patients and relatives experience throughout their medical aid in dying (MAID) trajectories.MethodsA qualitative study in Belgium in 2022 using 1) semi-structured interviews with and personal written narratives
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Medical Aid in Dying: A Societal Challenge [PDF]
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AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT MEDICAL AID IN DYING IN THE U.S [PDF]
Innov AgingMedical Aid in Dying (MAID) allows terminally ill patients to seek a prescription for medication to end their lives. Despite being legal in 10 states and Washington DC, public awareness of and attitudes towards MAID remain unclear.
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Medical Aid in Dying and Dementia Directives [PDF]
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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