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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When medical assistance in dying is not a last resort option: survey of the Canadian public. [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives What are the Canadian public’s understanding of and views toward medical assistance in dying (MAID) in persons refusing recommended treatment or lacking access to standard treatment or resources?
Choi WJW +3 more
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Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying System can Enable Healthcare Serial Killing. [PDF]
HEC ForumThe Canadian approach to assisted dying, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), as of early 2024, is assessed for its ability to protect patients from criminal healthcare serial killing (HSK) to evaluate the strength of its safeguards.
Lyon C.
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Practitioners' experiences with 2021 amendments to Canada's medical assistance in dying law: a qualitative analysis. [PDF]
Palliat Care Soc Pract, 2023 Background: In 2016, Canada joined the growing number of jurisdictions to legalize medical assistance in dying (MAiD), when the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter v Canada took effect and the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-14.
Close E, Downie J, White BP.
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2023 Background In June 2016, Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD). From the outset, some healthcare institutions (including faith-based and non-faith-based hospitals, hospices, and residential aged care facilities) have refused to allow ...
Eliana Close +4 more
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International Comparison of Underlying Disease Among Recipients of Medical Assistance in Dying.
JAMA Intern MedThis cohort study compares the rates of medical assistance in dying across diseases to understand the relative effects of disease and jurisdiction.
Heidinger B +9 more
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Supporting nursing roles in medical assistance in dying: Development and evaluation of an evidence-based reflective guide [PDF]
PEC Innovation, 2023 Objective: To develop and evaluate an evidence-based online Reflective Guide to prepare Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners for important professional, personal, and relational roles in MAID in Canada.
Barbara Pesut +3 more
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Development of a Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying Curriculum for Healthcare Providers. [PDF]
J Med Educ Curric DevObjectives Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in 2016, necessitating greater education and training in MAiD for physicians and nurse practitioners.
Shapiro GK +11 more
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Organ donation following medical assistance in dying, Part I: a scoping review of legal and ethical aspects. [PDF]
JBI Evid Synth, 2023 Objective: The objective of this review was to collate and summarize the current literature on what is known about organ donation following medical assistance in dying (MAiD).
Silva E Silva V +9 more
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Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: An Ethical Analysis of Conscientious and Religious Objections [PDF]
BioéthiqueOnline, 2016 Background: The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has ruled that the federal government is required to remove the provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada that prohibit medical assistance in dying (MAID).
Christie, Timothy +3 more
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