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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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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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Medical assistance in dying in Canada: A review of regulatory practice standards and guidance documents for physicians. [PDF]

Palliat Care Soc Pract
Background: Medical assistance in dying (“MAiD”) became legal across Canada in 2016, and in Québec in 2015. Provincial/territorial regulatory bodies play a critical role in MAiD as they can issue binding requirements on health practitioners.
Close E, Gupta M, Downie J, White BP.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Medical Assistance in Dying: Challenges for Psychiatry [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), which comprises euthanasia and medically assisted suicide, is practiced in a growing number of countries and jurisdictions. In countries where it is permitted, the individual who requests it must be experiencing severe pain and suffering, but not all countries require the individual to be terminally ill.
Roland M. Jones, Alexander I. F. Simpson
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The Discourse of Medical Assistance in Dying and Its Relationship With Hospice Palliative Care in Canada: An Integrative Literature Review. [PDF]

J Adv Nurs
Aim To explore how the legalisation of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has shaped the discourse of MAiD and its relationship with hospice palliative care (HPC) in Canada. Background There is perceived tension in the discourse between the goals of MAiD
Dorman JD, Raffin Bouchal DS, Wasylenko E, Sinclair S.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Legislation on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): Preliminary Consideration on the First Regional Law in Italy. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) remains a sensitive and evolving issue in Europe, frequently linked with discussions about human freedom, life dignity, and healthcare policy.
Blandi L, Tolentino R, Basile G, Tronconi LP, Signorelli C, Bolcato V.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying by Young Dutch People With Psychiatric Disorders.

JAMA Psychiatry
This cohort study examines outcomes of requests for medical assistance in dying among Dutch young people with psychiatric disorders.
Schweren LJS, Rasing SPA, Kammeraat M, Middelkoop LA, Werner R, Mérelle SYM, Garcia JM, Creemers DHM, van Veen SMP.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The moral web of accessibility to medical assistance in dying: Reflections from the Canadian context. [PDF]

Nurs Ethics
In this paper, we reflect on factors that seem to have influenced the accessibility of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in the Canadian context. Since legalization in 2016, the uptake of MAID has increased rapidly to equal or exceed rates in other ...
Pesut B, Thorne S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

What Factors Influence Canadian Nurse Practitioners' Willingness to Act as Assessors and Providers for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)? [PDF]

Glob Qual Nurs Res
In passing legislation in 2016 to allow medical assistance in dying (MAID), Canada became the world’s first jurisdiction to allow nurse practitioners (NPs) to act as MAID assessors and providers.
Mokosak Z, Pesut B, Thorne S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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