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International Comparison of Underlying Disease Among Recipients of Medical Assistance in Dying. [PDF]

JAMA Intern Med
This cohort study compares the rates of medical assistance in dying across diseases to understand the relative effects of disease and jurisdiction.
Heidinger B, Webber C, Chambaere K, Close E, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Pope T, van der Heide A, White B, Downar J.   +9 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

For, against, and beyond: healthcare professionals' positions on Medical Assistance in Dying in Spain. [PDF]

BMC Med Ethics
Background In 2021, Spain became the first Southern European country to grant and provide the right to euthanasia and medically assisted suicide. According to the law, the State has the obligation to ensure its access through the health services, which ...
Parra Jounou I, Triviño-Caballero R, Cruz-Piqueras M.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Demographic influences on Lithuanian physicians' attitudes toward medical assistance in dying: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Background The topic of end-of-life decisions is important due to aging populations and the rising number of terminal illnesses like cancer. As more people experience suffering, the ethical, medical, and legal debates of these decisions become ...
Bachmetjev B, Airapetian A, Jakubauskienė M, Zablockis R, Čekanauskaitė A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Decriminalising and legalising medical assistance in dying

South African Medical Journal
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J P van Niekerk, P Cluver, E Hertzog, M Kruger, K Moodley, J Myers, Dan Ncayiyana, J Snyman   +7 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Choice and Death: Analysis of Medical Assistance in Dying for Head and Neck Cancer in Ontario. [PDF]

Laryngoscope
There is a paucity of information on the uptake of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Our study reports the prevalence, disease characteristics, and nature of the desire for MAiD in patients with HNC who ...
Curry T, Wener E, Odell M, Caulley L, Ramchandani R, Grant A, Thavorn K, Lasso A, Kilty S.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A qualitative study of experiences of institutional objection to medical assistance in dying in Canada: ongoing challenges and catalysts for change

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, Ruthie Jeanneret, Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott, Ben P White   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying System can Enable Healthcare Serial Killing. [PDF]

HEC Forum
The 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.
europepmc   +2 more sources

When medical assistance in dying is not a last resort option: survey of the Canadian public. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objectives 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, Astrachan IM, Sinaii N, Kim SYH.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources