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The realities of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
Palliative and Supportive Care, 2023 AbstractIn 2015, the Canadian Supreme Court declared that an absolute Criminal Code prohibition on assisted suicide and euthanasia was unconstitutional. In response, the Canadian parliament enacted Bill C-14 in 2016 permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia for the end-of-life context, which it termed “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD).
Ramona Coelho +3 more
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Course on Death and Dying for Medical Students [PDF]
, 2020 The aim of modern medicine is to prolong life by fighting death. Doctors have traditionally believed that this was an ethical good deed. The negative connotation surrounding death has led to the avoidance of terminally ill patients.
Korean Medical Education Review (의학교육논단)
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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 +3 more
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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
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Journal of Palliative Medicine, 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 +2 more
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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 +10 more
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Witness to Medically-Assisted Dying in Canada
, 2021 The central objective of this study is the elicitation of the lived experience of individuals surrounding medically-assisted dying (MAiD) in Canada. An introductory analysis of the current place of MAiD in Canada forms the philosophical basis for the ...
Walsh, Charles
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Current Oncology, 2022 Background: In 2019, cancer patients comprised over 65% of all individuals who requested and received Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada. This descriptive study sought to understand the self-reported symptom burden and complexity of cancer ...
Linda Watson +9 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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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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