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Embracing the End: A Comparative Analysis of Medical Aid in Dying in Canada and the United States [PDF]
, 2022 Since the late nineteenth century, debate has unfolded over the use of euthanasia and physician-assisted death to alleviate the suffering of individuals with medical illnesses.
Krinsky, Joel
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Dying with Dignity in Québec: Palliative Care, Moral Expertise, and the Debate on Euthanasia
International Journal of Whole Person Care, 2014 On March 22, 2012, the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity of the National Assembly of Québec released its final report recommending the adoption of “medical aid in dying” in the province of Québec, Canada. The majority of palliative care physicians,
Nora Hutchinson
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MAID ready for primetime?: A survey of SGO members regarding medical aid in dying (MAID)
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2021 Objectives: To assess SGO members’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice patterns regarding Medical Aid In Dying (MAID). Methods: SGO members were surveyed via online survey.
Alaina J. Brown +5 more
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Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2019 This article examines an ethical controversy that has received relatively little attention in public debates about the legalization of medical aid-in-dying (AID): should physicians inform patients that they have the option of hastening death?
Mara Buchbinder
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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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Medical Aid in Dying: How Might U.S. Policy Prevent Suffering at the End of Life?
, 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.
Kusmaul, Nancy +3 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthAccess to assisted dying (variously called assisted suicide, euthanasia, and medical aid/assistance in dying) is increasingly available in many countries around the world.
Mark Goldblatt +7 more
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Voices in Bioethics, 2022 Photo by Chris Robert on Unsplash INTRODUCTION If a terminally ill individual suffers from enduring pain and exhausts all other treatment options, upholding death with dignity through medical assistance in dying (MAID) is how physicians can ...
Anna Vargo
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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 ...
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The Changing Legal Climate for Physician Aid in Dying [PDF]
, 2014 While once widely rejected as a health care option, physician aid in dying is receiving increased recognition as a response to the suffering of patients at the end of life. With aid in dying, a physician writes a prescription for a life-ending medication
Mason, Thaddeus +2 more
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