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Medical Assistance in Dying in Neurology

Neurologic Clinics, 2023
An increasing number of jurisdictions have legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) with significant variation in the procedures and eligibility criteria used. In the United States, MAID is available for persons with terminal illnesses but is frequently sought by persons with neurologic conditions.
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“Medical Friendships” in Assisted Dying

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2004
As the issue of assisted dying continues toward more expanded legal standing, we shift our primary focus from questions of patients' rights to the largely overlooked challenges that face physicians who elect to assist patients in ending their lives. Dr.
Chalmers C, Clark, Gerrit K, Kimsma
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Medical Assistance in Dying

2022
Abstract Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is increasingly garnering global support, with 24 jurisdictions having legalized one or more forms of MAiD and several more considering legislation. In this chapter, the authors present a historical and global overview of MAiD; characteristics of individuals who pursue it; impacts of MAiD on ...
Aliza A. Panjwani, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li   +2 more
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Medical assistance in dying: the downside

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2020
Euthanasia is the deliberate administration of medications with the explicit intention of ending life, whereas physician assisted dying is the prescription or supply of drugs to enable the patient to end their own life.1 We use the term ‘medical assistance in dying’ (MAID) to refer to both.
John Richard Attia, Christine Jorm, Brian Kelly   +2 more
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Medical Assistance in Dying in Patients With Cancer

JCO Oncology Practice, 2023
Medical assistance in dying in patients with cancer: highlighting the need for collaboration between MAiD providers and cancer specialists to ensure patient-centered and goal-directed end-of-life care.
Chloe Thabet, Paul Wheatley-Price, Sara Moore   +2 more
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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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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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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

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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