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Factors That Influence Access to Medical Assistance in Dying Services: An Integrative Review [PDF]

Health Expectations
Background In nearly all jurisdictions where it is permitted, Medical Assistance in Dying is situated in a healthcare system. Currently, limited evidence demonstrates how supply and demand factors influence access to Medical Assistance in Dying ...
Jayne Hewitt, Michael Wilson, Ann Bonner, Melissa J. Bloomer   +3 more
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Rediscovering the art of medicine, rewards, and risks: Physicians’ experience of providing medical assistance in dying in Canada

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Background: Medical assistance in dying opens up uncharted professional territory for Canadian physicians extending their practices to include assisting and hastening death for eligible patients.
Rosanne Beuthin, Anne Bruce, Marie-clare Hopwood, W David Robertson, Katherine Bertoni   +4 more
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Medical Assistance in Dying in Psychiatry, An Ethical Analysis. [PDF]

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Assisted dying (AD) is a general term in the literature to incorporate both physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and voluntary active euthanasia. In 2002 Belgium became the first country in the world to specifically acknowledge mental suffering
K. Keenan
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Medical Assistance in Dying in Quebec: A Continuum Between Teams’ Accountability and Interdisciplinary Support Groups’ Assumption of Responsibility [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesIn the province of Quebec, Canada, interdisciplinary support groups (ISGs) are mandated to support those who are involved in the clinical, administrative, legal and ethical aspects of medical assistance in dying (MAiD).
Catherine Perron, Catherine Perron, Eric Racine, Eric Racine, Marie-Eve Bouthillier, Marie-Eve Bouthillier   +5 more
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How is the medical assistance in dying (MAID) process carried out in Nova Scotia, Canada? A qualitative process model flowchart study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The aims of this study are: (1) to create a flowchart process model of how medical assistance in dying (MAID) occurs in Nova Scotia (NS), Canada and (2) to detail how NS healthcare professionals are involved in each stage of MAID. The research
Ellen T Crumley, John McCarthy, Scarlett Kelly, Joel Young, Nicole Phinney, Gordon Gubitz   +5 more
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Characteristics of Older Adults Accessing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): a Descriptive Study

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2021
Background  Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is an end-of-life option for Canadians accounting for 2% of all deaths in Canada in 2019. Adults over 80 years old represent a significant proportion of these deaths, yet little is known about how they ...
Debbie Selby, Brandon Chan, Amy Nolen
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Association of socioeconomic status with medical assistance in dying: a case–control analysis

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Economic constraints are a common explanation of why patients with low socioeconomic status tend to experience less access to medical care. We tested whether the decreased care extends to medical assistance in dying in a healthcare system with
Deva Thiruchelvam, Donald A Redelmeier, Kelvin Ng, Eldar Shafir   +3 more
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Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation changed in 2021; persons without a reasonably foreseeable natural death (RFND) could now be eligible for MAID and would have to wait at least 90 days before their intervention.
Kesi Disha, Andria Bianchi, Ruby Shanker, Nikolija Lukich   +3 more
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Too much safety? Safeguards and equal access in the context of voluntary assisted dying legislation

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background In June 2019, the Australian state of Victoria joined the growing number of jurisdictions around the world to have legalised some form of voluntary assisted dying.
Rosalind McDougall, Bridget Pratt
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How can we improve the experiences of patients and families who request medical assistance in dying? A multi-centre qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Medical assistance in dying has been available in Canada for 5 years, but it is unclear which practices contribute to high-quality care. We aimed to describe patient and family perspectives of quality of care for medical assistance in dying ...
Simon J. W. Oczkowski, Diane E. Crawshaw, Peggy Austin, Donald Versluis, Gaelen Kalles-Chan, Michael Kekewich, Dorothyann Curran, Paul Miller, Michaela Kelly, Ellen Wiebe, Andrea Frolic   +10 more
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