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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 +4 more
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Medical assistance in dying (MAiD): Canadian nurses’ experiences [PDF]
Nursing Forum, 2018 Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) represents a historic change in Canadian society and the provision of end-of-life care. In this descriptive narrative inquiry, 17 nurses were interviewed during the first 6 months of assisted dying becoming a legal option for patients in Canada. Nurses' experiences of either providing care for a patient who had chosen
Rosanne Beuthin +2 more
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Medical assistance in dying revisited
Canadian Family Physician, 2021 ![Figure][1] ![Figure][1] Dear Colleagues, Bill C-7 was passed in March 2021.[1][2] This bill amends the Criminal Code with respect to medical assistance in dying (MAID) and eliminates the 10-day waiting period when death is imminent; introduces a 90-day waiting period when death ...
Francine, Lemire, Eric J, Mang
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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 +3 more
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for patients with depression. Thought-provoking remarks [PDF]
, 2020 Euthanasia and medical assistance in dying entail daunting ethical and moral challenges, in addition to a host of medical and clinical issues, which are further complicated in cases of patients whose decision-making skills have been negatively affected ...
Bersani, G +3 more
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Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD
Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023 Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation changed in 2021; persons without a reasonably foreseeable natural death (RFND) could now be eligible for MAID and would have to wait at least 90 days before their intervention.
Kesi Disha +3 more
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Too much safety? Safeguards and equal access in the context of voluntary assisted dying legislation
BMC Medical Ethics, 2020 Background In June 2019, the Australian state of Victoria joined the growing number of jurisdictions around the world to have legalised some form of voluntary assisted dying.
Rosalind McDougall, Bridget Pratt
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Nursing and euthanasia : a narrative review of the nursing ethics literature [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Medical Assistance in Dying, also known as euthanasia or assisted suicide, is expanding internationally. Canada is the first country to permit Nurse Practitioners to provide euthanasia.
Burgess, Michael +7 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background Medical assistance in dying has been available in Canada for 5 years, but it is unclear which practices contribute to high-quality care. We aimed to describe patient and family perspectives of quality of care for medical assistance in dying ...
Simon J. W. Oczkowski +10 more
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Current Oncology, 2022 Background: In 2019, cancer patients comprised over 65% of all individuals who requested and received Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada. This descriptive study sought to understand the self-reported symptom burden and complexity of cancer ...
Linda Watson +9 more
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