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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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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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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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Law not loopholes: Medical aid in dying for those with dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Abstract This editorial comments on the article by Pope and Brodoff in this issue.
Joshua Briscoe, Eric Widera
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Medical aid in dying: The role of the nurse practitioner

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
ABSTRACT Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a practice that has been expanding in the United States over the past few decades. As it becomes a viable option for a growing portion of the American population, nurse practitioners (NPs) need to be prepared to engage in conversation with patients about the practice.
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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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Safeguards for medical aid in dying

British Journal of Hospital Medicine
John, Shenouda, James, Haslam
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Medical Aid in Dying

KAUPA Letters, 2021
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Medical Aid in Dying: New Frontiers in Medicine, Law, and Culture

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 2023
Mara Buchbinder
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