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The pharmacist and medical aid in dying [PDF]
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-
Mark T. Hughes
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Can Fam Physician, 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 ...
Ladouceur R.
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Voices in Bioethics, 2021 Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash ABSTRACT With the increasing legalization of MAiD across the world, the question of whether psychiatric patients with refractory mental illness should have access to this health service is a topic of ethical ...
Laila Knio
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JAMA Netw Open, 2022 Key Points Question Are nurse practitioners and physician assistants (advanced practice professionals [APPs]) willing to prescribe medications for medical aid in dying (MAID), and are they knowledgeable about and comfortable with prescribing medication ...
Singer J +10 more
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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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Practical and ethical complexities of MAiD: Examples from Quebec [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Wellcome Open Research, 2020 Background: Legally practiced assisted dying is an ethically complex area in need of empirical and conceptual work. International research suggests that providing assisted dying may be experienced as rewarding and meaningful but also emotionally and ...
Gitte Koksvik
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Assessment of Internal Medicine Resident Perspectives on Medical Aid-in-Dying in Future Practice. [PDF]
J Palliat Med, 2021 Pham M, Daddato AE, Lum HD.
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Medical aid in dying: What matters most? [PDF]
CMAJ, 2017 With the passing of Bill C-14, Canadians who are mentally competent adults suffering from a grievous and irremediable medical condition may now seek medical aid in dying.[1][1] The policy has already resulted in ripples of controversy.
Tanuseputro P.
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Medical Aid in Dying: How Might U.S. Policy Prevent Suffering at the End of Life?
Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2023 Medical aid in dying refers to policies that allow terminally ill patients to seek assistance from their medical providers to obtain medications to hasten death.
Nancy Kusmaul +3 more
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Traveling Across States for Prohibited Treatments: Medical Aid in Dying and Looming Battles Over Abortion. [PDF]
J Gen Intern Med, 2023 Cohen IG, Adashi EY, Pope TM.
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