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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
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Medical Assistance in Dying

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2023
Abstract As the author outlines in the introduction to the chapter, he wrote this article in response to presentations that took place at a symposium on medical assistance in dying, in an effort to separate data and research from assertions and opinions.
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Denying Assisted Dying Where Death is Not ‘Reasonably Foreseeable’: Intolerable Overgeneralization in Canadian End-of-Life Law

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2018
The recent change in Canadian law to allow access to medical assistance in dying restricts eligibility, among its other criteria, to those for whom “natural death has become reasonably foreseeable.” A recent review of certain aspects of the law examined
Kevin Reel
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Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking: is medical support ethically justified? [PDF]

, 2017
Background Physician-assisted dying has been the subject of extensive discussion and legislative activity both in Europe and North America. In this context, dying by voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is often proposed, and practiced, as an
Anneser, Johanna, Black, Isra, Borasio, Gian Domenico, Jox, Ralf J   +3 more
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Supporting nursing roles in medical assistance in dying: Development and evaluation of an evidence-based reflective guide

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, Sally Thorne, Gloria Puurveen, Betsy Leimbigler   +3 more
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A role for doctors in assisted dying? An analysis of legal regulations and medical professional positions in six European countries [PDF]

, 2008
An extensive debate about assisted suicide and euthanasia has been taking place in westernized countries during the last twenty years. Traditionally, the medical profession has maintained a clear distance from euthanasia and assisted suicide, but this ...
Bosshard, G., Broeckaert, B., Clark, D., Gordijn, B., Materstvedt, L.J., Müller-Busc, C.   +5 more
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Interpreting Irremediability When a Mental Health Disorder is the Sole-qualifying Medical Condition for MAiD

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2022
In this critical commentary, a set of ethical considerations of relevance to the (currently contested) interpretation of irremediability for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in circumstances where the sole-underlying medical condition is a mental ...
Jeffrey Kirby
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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
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Medical error and medical assistance in dying [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2017
In a letter to CMAJ in the Oct. 4, 2016 issue, Drs. Dembo and Smith seek to buttress the argument for the expansion of medically assisted dying to other pathologies by stating (with regard to the risk of error) “Nowhere else in medicine do we require zero risk of error.”[1][1],[2][2] It is ...
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The impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of patients and their family caregivers with medical assistance in dying in hospital

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures have drastically impacted end-of-life and grief experiences globally, including those related to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). No known qualitative studies to date have examined the MAiD
Eryn Tong, Rinat Nissim, Debbie Selby, Sally Bean, Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, Tharshika Thangarasa, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li, Sarah Hales   +8 more
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