Neurologic Diseases and Medical Aid in Dying: Aid-in-Dying Laws Create an Underclass of Patients Based on Disability [PDF]
American Journal of Bioethics, 2023 Terminally ill patients in 10 states plus Washington, D.C. have the right to take prescribed medications to end their lives (medical aid in dying). But otherwise-eligible patients with neuromuscular disabilities (ALS and other illnesses) are excluded if they are physically unable to "self-administer" the medications without assistance.
Lonny Shavelson +2 more
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Disability, Offense, and the Expressivist Objection to Medical Aid in Dying [PDF]
Journal of Medicine and PhilosophyAbstract One 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.
Brent M Kious
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Medical Aid in Dying: A Societal Challenge [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthUwe Güth +3 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 [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 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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Trends in Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon and Washington. [PDF]
JAMA Network Open, 2019 ImportanceThe combined 28 years of data of medical aid in dying (MAID) between Oregon (OR) and Washington (WA) are the most comprehensive in North America.
Al Rabadi, Luai +7 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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Communication Processes and Priorities in Medical Aid in Dying Conversations: A Cross‐Sectional Qualitative Study of Multidisciplinary Cancer Clinicians [PDF]
Cancer MedicineBackground Medical aid in dying (MAiD) is a practice that enables eligible individuals with a terminal, life‐limiting illness to end their lives in a self‐directed way.
Meghan McDarby +5 more
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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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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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