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“Walk me through the final day”: A thematic analysis study on the family caregiver experience of the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure day

Palliative Medicine
Background: Legalization of assisted dying is progressively expanding worldwide. In Canada, the Medical Assistance in Dying Act became law in 2016.
R. Nissim, Paige Chu, A. Stere, Eryn Tong, Ekaterina An, Debbie Selby, Sally Bean, E. Isenberg-Grzeda, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li, S. Hales   +10 more
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Why Track 2 MAiD is Discriminatory

Canadian Journal of Bioethics
This paper argues that Canada’s Track 2 Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime is discriminatory against people with disabilities, and has a disproportionate impact on women with disabilities.
Isabel Grant
doaj   +1 more source

A Moment in Human Development: Legal Protection, Ethical Standards and Social Policy on the Selective Non-Treatment of Handicapped Neonates [PDF]

, 1985
Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under renewed judicial and legislative scrutiny. In this article, the author examines the legal, ethical and social considerations attendant to the non-treatment
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Language Lost in MAiD

Canadian Journal of Bioethics
For most of Canada’s approximately 40-year debate on medically assisted death, euthanasia and assisted suicide were considered distinct issues. Yet in 2016 their ethical, psychological, and practical differences were effectively disregarded when the two
Rafal Gromadzki, Timothy Christie
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Student Nurses\u27 Concerns in End of Life Care [PDF]

, 2006
Recently, there has been a great deal of attention to the fact that there are few learning opportunities regarding end-of-life (EOL) care in nursing undergraduate education.
Boroughf, Tami
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National Indigenous Palliative Care Needs Study [PDF]

, 2003
This study involved extensive consultation with the community to identify the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in palliative ...
Claire Colyer, Jennifer Beale, Jo Harrison, Jon Willis, Kate Sullivan, Kerry Welsh, Luana Johnston   +6 more
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Exploring multiple levels of suffering and suicide prevention in an era of emerging national legislations

Frontiers in Public Health
Access 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, Mark Goldblatt, Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart, Sylvie Lapierre, Sylvie Lapierre, Margda Waern, Margda Waern, Reinhard Lindner   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting Chronically Homeless Veterans with HUD-VASH [PDF]

, 2009
Hundreds of veterans are sleeping on the street or in the emergency shelter system in the District of Columbia. This brief examines data from the vulnerability index survey, completed by the DC Department of Health and Human Services and Common Ground, a
Mary Cunningham
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Review: Factors Relating to Nurses\u27 Caring Behaviors for Dying Patients [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Nowadays, caring for patients at the end of life becomes an indicator of the quality of care in a hospital. Nurses are the key people to provide care for dying patients, therefore caring behaviors of nurses could affect the quality of care ...
Nilmanat, K. (Kittikorn), Prompahakul, C. (Chuleeporn)   +1 more
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MAiD, Mental Disorders, and Vulnerability: How Common Responses to Vulnerability Concerns are Inadequate

Canadian Journal of Bioethics
The concept of vulnerability is bandied about frequently in ongoing debates about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and who should be eligible, but is often used as a broad catch-all phrase to capture some sort of risk or concern that people have. This
Loughran Butcher
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