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Referral for medical assistance in dying [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian 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]

open access: yesCanadian 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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Advance Requests for Medically-Assisted Dying [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
When medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in June 2016, the question of allowing decisionally capable persons to make advance requests in anticipation of later incapacity was reserved for further consideration during the mandatory parliamentary review originally scheduled to begin in June 2020 (but since delayed by COVID-19).
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Slowing the Slide Down the Slippery Slope of Medical Assistance in Dying: Mutual Learnings for Canada and the US

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Bioethics, 2023
Canada and California each introduced legislation to permit medical assistance in dying in June, 2016. Each jurisdiction publishes annual reports on the number of deaths that occurred under their respective legislations in the previous years. The numbers
D. Pullman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interpreting Irremediability When a Mental Health Disorder is the Sole-qualifying Medical Condition for MAiD

open access: yesCanadian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting nursing roles in medical assistance in dying: Development and evaluation of an evidence-based reflective guide

open access: yesPEC 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   +3 more
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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

open access: yesBMC 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   +8 more
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In a Nutshell: The Continuing Saga of Canada\u27s Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation

open access: yes, 2021
They’ve done it again. Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law just changed as Parliament passed Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).
Downie, Jocelyn
core   +3 more sources

Perceptions and intentions toward medical assistance in dying among Canadian medical students

open access: yesBMC 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: research directions [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ 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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