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 +7 more
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Legal provisions on medical aid in dying encode moral intuition. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AIn 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 +4 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 +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 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
Stijn Vissers +14 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 PracticeBackground: 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 +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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Medical Aid in Dying: Bioethics as Sideshow [PDF]
Hastings Center Report, 2018 AbstractTwenty years ago, the passage of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act prompted vigorous debate in my bioethics classrooms; now, the issue barely generates a ripple. Instead, we focus on an issue my students' generation will confront, as illustrated by an amendment to the ODDA introduced in the last Oregon legislative session that would have ...
Courtney S. Campbell
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American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2017 Death is an inevitable reality. Throughout our lives, each of us will experience the deaths of loved ones and confront our own mortality. Given our role as healthcare providers, pharmacists frequently care for people who are dying, and we are trained to approach these patients with compassion ...
Roger Ladouceur
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Extending Medical Aid in Dying to Incompetent Patients: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Attitudes of People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Quebec [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021 Background: In Quebec, medical aid in dying (MAiD) is legal under certain conditions. Access is currently restricted to patients who are able to consent at the time of the act, which excludes most people with dementia at an advanced stage.
Vincent Thériault +2 more
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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
Rosana Triviño-Caballero +3 more
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