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An argument for physician-assisted suicide and against euthanasia [PDF]

, 2015
The article opens with the hypothesis that the default position that should guide healthcare providers when treating patients at the end-of-life is that patients opt for life. In the absence of an explicit request to die, we may assume that patients wish
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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, Félix Couture, Koray K. Demir, Michael Lang, Zachary Shefman, Mark Woo   +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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Old age rational suicide [PDF]

, 2017
In the societal debate surrounding voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, there is a concern that older people will be left exposed to any legislation, subject to either faint suggestion or outright coercion from familial or professional ...
Richards, Naomi
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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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Referral for medical assistance in dying [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018
Excellent article.[1][1] It seems to me that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is trying to bully and force physicians to endorse an ideology with the threat of job loss, calling it a patient access issue.
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Semantics and medical assistance in dying [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018
In the recent editorial by the editor-in-chief of the CMAJ, [1][1] the language used, even if it is prefaced by “to be blunt,” is out of place. To say “This is not mere semantics — to be blunt, the physician must ask another health care provider to consider killing their patient” is to ...
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The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Voluntary assisted dying became lawful in Victoria, the first Australian state to permit this practice, in 2019 via the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic).
Ben P. White, Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close, Lindy Willmott   +3 more
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A qualitative study of experiences of institutional objection to medical assistance in dying in Canada: ongoing challenges and catalysts for change

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background In June 2016, Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD). From the outset, some healthcare institutions (including faith-based and non-faith-based hospitals, hospices, and residential aged care facilities) have refused to allow ...
Eliana Close, Ruthie Jeanneret, Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott, Ben P White   +4 more
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Provision of medical assistance in dying: a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives The purpose of this study is to map the characteristics of the existing medical literature describing the medications, settings, participants and outcomes of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in order to identify knowledge gaps and areas for ...
Carol Saleh, Ian Ball, Max Zworth, Gaelen Kalles, Anatoli Chkaroubo, Mike Kekewich, Paul Q Miller, Marianne Dees, Andrea Frolic, Simon Oczkowski   +9 more
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