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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, Donald A Redelmeier, Kelvin Ng, Eldar Shafir   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

BMC Med Ethics
Parra Jounou I, Triviño-Caballero R, Cruz-Piqueras M.   +2 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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, Gulino, M, Montanari Vergallo, G, Rinaldi, Raffaella   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Medical assistance in dying when natural death is not reasonably foreseeable: Survey of providers' experiences with patients making track 2 requests. [PDF]

Can Fam Physician, 2023
Wiebe E, Kelly M.
europepmc   +3 more sources

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, Andria Bianchi, Ruby Shanker, Nikolija Lukich   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Chambaere, Kenneth, Greig, Madeleine, Janke, Robert, Pesut, Barbara, Storch, Janet, Thorne, Sally, Tishelman, Carol   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

How can we improve the experiences of patients and families who request medical assistance in dying? A multi-centre qualitative study

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, Diane E. Crawshaw, Peggy Austin, Donald Versluis, Gaelen Kalles-Chan, Michael Kekewich, Dorothyann Curran, Paul Miller, Michaela Kelly, Ellen Wiebe, Andrea Frolic   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corrigendum: Medical Assistance in Dying in Quebec: A Continuum Between Teams’ Accountability and Interdisciplinary Support Groups’ Assumption of Responsibility [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health
Catherine Perron, Catherine Perron, Eric Racine, Eric Racine, Marie-Eve Bouthillier, Marie-Eve Bouthillier   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Medical assistance in dying: research directions [PDF]

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2019
Euthanasia and assisted suicide, both sometimes referred to as medical assistance in dying (MAiD), have in recent years become increasingly important concerns for public health and for end-of-life care. In a context of increased life expectancy, protracting illness trajectories before death and changing discourses around patient autonomy, dignity and ...
Sigrid Dierickx, Joachim Cohen
openaire   +2 more sources