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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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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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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 +3 more
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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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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. +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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Transatlantic Issues: Report from Scotland [PDF]
, 2010 Several bioethical topics received a great deal of news coverage here in Scotland in 2009. Three important issues with transatlantic connections are the swine flu outbreak, which was handled very differently in Scotland, England, and America; the U.S ...
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Perceptions and intentions toward medical assistance in dying among Canadian medical students
BMC Medical Ethics, 2019 Background Medical assistance in dying (MAID) was legalized in Canada in 2016. As of July 2017, approximately 2149 patients have accessed MAID. There remains no national-level data on the perspectives of future physicians about MAID or its changing legal
James Falconer +5 more
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Medical assistance in dying: A gendered issue in Canada?
Spectrum, 2020 Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) remains a controversial topic in Canada despite its legalization in 2015. Opponents of MAiD legislation often cite ‘pro-life’ or ‘pro-choice’ arguments which emphasize the value of human life.
Freya Hammond-Thrasher
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MAiD in Canada: Ethical Considerations in Medical Assistance in Dying
Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021 Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is unique among the arsenal of medical therapeutics though it does return us to a dilemma Hippocrates addressed 2400 years ago.
William Robert Nielsen
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