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Suicide and Medical Aid in Dying
2021Identification, assessment, and the clinical management of individuals at risk for suicide continue to be vital topics for clinicians working with cancer patients, as patients with cancer are at increased risk for suicidal ideation and behavior when compared to the general population and other medically ill populations.
Hayley Pessin +3 more
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Residency Requirements for Medical Aid in Dying
Hastings Center ReportAbstractIn 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.
Rebecca Dresser
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The pharmacist and medical aid in dying
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2017Medical 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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Nurses’ values on medical aid in dying: A qualitative analysis
Nursing Ethics, 2022Aim: Explore nurses’ values and perceptions regarding the practice of medical aid in dying. Background: Medical aid in dying is becoming increasing legal in the United States. The laws and American Nurses Association documents limit nursing involvement in this practice.
Judy E Davidson +6 more
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The American Journal of Bioethics, 2022
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 +4 more
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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 +4 more
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Medical Aid in Dying in Pakistan
Journal on OncologyMedical Aid in Dying, or Physician Assisted Suicide, is the practice of hastening the death of those suffering from an incurable disease, such as cancer, or a debilitating disorder, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is a practice that is gaining acceptance in many countries around the world, whereas in others it remains a taboo topic.
Adil Elahi +3 more
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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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Ashley L. Sweet, Charles D. Blanke
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Death in a Cold Climate: Medical Aid in Dying in Vermont
Hastings Center Report, 2022AbstractWhat 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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Reports offer window on medical aid in dying
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2018Nineteen 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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Law not loopholes: Medical aid in dying for those with dementia
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyAbstract This editorial comments on the article by Pope and Brodoff in this issue.
Joshua Briscoe, Eric Widera
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