Trends in Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon and Washington. [PDF]
JAMA Netw Open, 2019 The combined 28 years of data of medical aid in dying (MAID) between Oregon (OR) and Washington (WA) are the most comprehensive in North America. No reports to date have compared MAID use in different US states.To evaluate and compare patterns of MAID use between the states with the longest-running US death with dignity programs.A retrospective ...
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An examination and proposed theoretical model of risk and protective factors for bereavement outcomes for family members of individuals who engaged in medical aid in dying: A systematic review. [PDF]
Palliat Med, 2023 Background: Medical Aid in Dying is an end-of-life option that allows a physician to provide a patient with a prescription to end their life. Though Medical Aid in Dying intends to reduce suffering for a patient, opponents argue Medical Aid in Dying may ...
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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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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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HOSPICE CLINICIANS’ WILLINGNESS TO BE PRESENT DURING MEDICAL AID IN DYING: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF RATIONALES [PDF]
Innov Aging, 2023 Although clinician presence during medical aid in dying (MAID) may facilitate relief for patients, federal, state, and organizational policy discourage presence.
Todd Becker +5 more
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The Pitfalls of the Ethical Continuum and its Application to Medical Aid in Dying
Voices in Bioethics, 2021 Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash INTRODUCTION Religion has long provided guidance that has led to standards reflected in some aspects of medical practices and traditions.
Shimon Glick
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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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Neurologic Diseases and Medical Aid in Dying: Aid-in-Dying Laws Create an Underclass of Patients Based on Disability. [PDF]
Am J Bioeth, 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 ...
Shavelson L +4 more
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Law not loopholes: Medical aid in dying for those with dementia [PDF]
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyThis editorial comments on the article by Pope and Brodoff.
Joshua Briscoe, Eric Widera
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Medical aid in dying to avoid late‐stage dementia
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyMany patients with dementia want the option of using medical aid in dying (MAID) to end their lives before losing decision‐making capacity and other abilities that impact their desired quality of life.
Thaddeus Mason Pope, Lisa Brodoff
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