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Legal provisions on medical aid in dying encode moral intuition. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
In recent decades, many jurisdictions have moved toward legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide, alongside a near-universal increase in public acceptance of medical aid in dying. Here, we draw on a comprehensive quantitative review of current laws on assisted dying, experimental survey evidence, and four decades of time-series data to explore the ...
Hannikainen IR, Suárez J, Espericueta L, Menéndez-Ferreras M, Rodríguez-Arias D.   +4 more
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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 Health
ObjectivesTo 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
Stijn Vissers, Stijn Vissers, Joni Gilissen, Joni Gilissen, Joachim Cohen, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Freddy Mortier, Freddy Mortier, Kenneth Chambaere, Kenneth Chambaere, Sigrid Dierickx, Sigrid Dierickx   +14 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 they are physically unable to "self-administer" the medications without assistance.
Shavelson L, Pope TM, Battin MP, Ouellette A, Kluger B.   +4 more
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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 ...
Al Rabadi L, LeBlanc M, Bucy T, Ellis LM, Hershman DL, Meyskens FL, Taylor L, Blanke CD.   +7 more
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Contextualizing attitudes toward medical aid in dying in a national sample of interdisciplinary US hospice clinicians: hospice philosophy of care, patient-centered care, and professional exposure [PDF]

Palliative Care and Social Practice
Background: Despite extensive theoretical debate, empirical research on medical aid in dying (MAID) largely has disregarded broader, contextual factors as potential correlates of attitudes in hospice clinicians.
Todd D. Becker, John G. Cagle, Cindy L. Cain, Joan K. Davitt, Nancy Kusmaul, Paul Sacco   +5 more
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Willingness to be present throughout patient death via medical aid in dying in a national sample of interdisciplinary US hospice clinicians: a content analysis of rationales [PDF]

Palliative Care and Social Practice
Background: Although medical aid in dying (MAID) legalization continues to expand across the United States, limited research has elucidated attitudes toward its clinical provision, especially in terms of clinician presence.
Todd D. Becker, Cindy L. Cain, John G. Cagle, Joan K. Davitt, Nancy Kusmaul, Paul Sacco   +5 more
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Symptom Burden and Complexity in the Last 12 Months of Life among Cancer Patients Choosing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Alberta, Canada

Current Oncology, 2022
Background: In 2019, cancer patients comprised over 65% of all individuals who requested and received Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada. This descriptive study sought to understand the self-reported symptom burden and complexity of cancer ...
Linda Watson, Claire Link, Siwei Qi, Andrea DeIure, K. Brooke Russell, Fiona Schulte, Caitlin Forbes, James Silvius, Brian Kelly, Barry D. Bultz   +9 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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Responding to “Terminal anorexia nervosa: three cases and proposed clinical characteristics”

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2022
The treatment of eating disorders raises many ethical debates given the pervasiveness with which this illness impacts individuals, especially as the length of time with the illness increases.
Rebekah A. Mack, Caroline E. Stanton
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Frozen Bodies and Future Imaginaries: Assisted Dying, Cryonics, and a Good Death

Religions, 2020
In October of 2018, Norman Hardy became the first individual to be cryopreserved after successful recourse to California’s then recently passed End of Life Options Act. This was a right not afforded to Thomas Donaldson, who in 1993 was legally denied the
Jeremy Cohen
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