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The pharmacist and medical aid in dying

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2017
Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a competent, terminally ill, adult patient self-administers a lethal dose of medication prescribed by a physician. Depending on one’s philosophical viewpoint and the era in which it has been discussed, the practice has variously been called physician-
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Medical Aid in Dying

Abstract This chapter on medical aid in dying (MAID) examines a growing end-of-life option, which has been legalized in 11 US jurisdictions. It defines MAID and distinguishes this practice from euthanasia. It reviews the eligibility criteria for accessing MAID in the United States and appraises these criteria in the specific case of a ...
Ashley L. Sweet, Charles D. Blanke
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Reports offer window on medical aid in dying

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2018
Nineteen pharmacists in Colorado filled 1 or more prescriptions last year for the 50 patients who obtained medications under the state’s medical aid in dying statute, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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Residency Requirements for Medical Aid in Dying

Hastings Center Report
AbstractIn 1997, when Oregon became the first U.S. jurisdiction authorizing medical aid in dying (MAID), its law included a requirement that patients be legal residents of the state. Other U.S. jurisdictions legalizing MAID followed Oregon in adopting residency requirements.
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Medical Aid in Dying Residency and Fellowship Curriculum

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Laura Belland, Evan Pulvers
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Medical Aid in Dying: What Every Nurse Needs to Know

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2022
ABSTRACT: The number of U.S. states legalizing medical aid in dying for patients with terminal diseases and survival prognoses of six months or less is increasing. At press time, 10 states and the District of Columbia have legalized such aid.
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Death in a Cold Climate: Medical Aid in Dying in Vermont

Hastings Center Report, 2022
AbstractWhat happened when Vermont passed its medical‐aid‐in‐dying bill in 2013? Not what one might hope or expect. In Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America (University of California Press, 2021), Mara Buchbinder details, through a host of gripping interviews, the difficulties people experience in actually accessing their legal rights ...
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Medical aid in dying to avoid late‐stage dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Abstract Many 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. But, for over two decades, it has been widely understood that these patients cannot (solely because of their dementia ...
Thaddeus Mason Pope, Lisa Brodoff
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Medical Aid in Dying Laws

JAMA
This Viewpoint discusses aspects of medical aid in dying laws in the US, including patient access, clinician authorization, and waiting periods.
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Is medical aid in dying discriminatory?

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2023
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