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MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING (MAID)

Canadian Social Work Review, 2020
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is a legal federal framework for medical practitioners to assist in the cessation of life upon request from eligible patients who seek assisted death in order to die peacefully and with dignity. MAID’s ‘mentally competent’ eligibility criteria currently create confusion for social workers because ...
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Interpreting Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Interpretive confusion about Bill C-14 puts Canadians at risk.
Downie, Jocelyn, Chandler, Jennifer A.
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["For their own good". Medical assistance in dying: a right for whom?]

Recenti progressi in medicina
BACKGROUND The admission criteria to the medical assistance in dying (MAID) procedures (Euthanasia - E; Physician Assisted Suicide - PAS) represent a much debated issue.
G. Gristina
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Medical Assistance in Dying, Palliative Care, Safety, and Structural Vulnerability

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2023
As more jurisdictions consider legalizing medical assistance in dying or assisted death (AD), there is an ongoing debate about whether AD is driven by socioeconomic deprivation or inadequate supportive services. Attention has shifted away from population
J. Downar, S. Macdonald, Sandy Buchman
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19. Medical Assistance in Dying

2019
This chapter discusses ethical and legal aspects of euthanasia and assisted dying. It first examines the non-voluntary termination of life, covering the relationship between medical treatment and assistance in dying as a matter of failure to treat, and the philosophical concept of ‘double effect’.
G. T. Laurie, S. H. E. Harmon, E. S. Dove   +2 more
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Medical assistance in dying in Canada: A scoping review on the concept of suffering

Psycho-Oncology, 2023
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has been legal in Canada since June 2016. A person can receive MAiD if their suffering cannot be relieved under conditions that they consider acceptable.
M. Henry, Ali Alias, Vanessa Bisson-Gervais, Jun Liu, L. Dargis, L. Gauthier, D. Tapp, Brian Greenfield, B. Mishara   +8 more
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The Annals of Medical Assistance in Dying

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016
In Carter v. Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling that the criminal code ban on medical assistance in dying (MAID) for persons with grievous medical conditions and intolerab...
Catherine, Frazee, Harvey Max, Chochinov
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Medical assistance in dying for palliative patients in different countries of the world: lessons on euthanasia legalization

Inter collegas
Background. The practice of countries in legalizing euthanasia is useful for other countries that have not yet allowed Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
V. Smiianov
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Words matter: ‘enduring intolerable suffering’ and the provider-side peril of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada

Journal of Medical Ethics
Enduring intolerable suffering, an essential eligibility criterion in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada and elsewhere, is a contradiction in terms, in that suffering must be tolerable to be endured.
Christopher Lyon
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Medical Assistance in Dying

Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 2019
In June 2016, Bill C-14 or Medical Assistance in Dying legislation became law in Canada. With this law came changes to nurses’ (ie, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, registered practical nurse) scopes of practice, roles, and responsibilities.
Grace, Suva, Tasha, Penney, Christine J, McPherson   +2 more
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