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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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Medical Assistance in Dying in Oncology Patients: A Canadian Academic Hospital’s Experience

Current Oncology, 2022
Background: Medical assistance in dying (MAID) was legislatively enacted in Canada in June 2016. Most studies of patients who received MAID grouped patients with cancer and non-cancer diagnoses.
Tony Liu, Wei Liu, Aaron Leung, Sangyang Jia, Patsy Lee, Luke Liu, Adam Mutsaers, Sue Miller, Kimia Honarmand, Shiraz Malik, Melody Qu, Ian Ball   +11 more
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Human misconnection? A response to Beuthin and Bruce on medical assistance in dying providers’ lived experience

Death Studies
Beuthin and Bruce’s study ‘MAiD as human connection: Stories and metaphors of physician providers existential lived experience’ in this journal describes the affective experiences of Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) providers.
Christopher Lyon
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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
doaj   +1 more source

The preliminary opinion of Canadian spine surgeons on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID); a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Spine Society (CSS) members

North American Spine Society Journal, 2020
Background: On June 17, 2016, providing medical assistance in dying became legal in Canada. This controversial change has had reverberating implications for the entire medical community. This is especially true for physicians that regularly deal with end-
Erika Leck, Sean Christie, Tricia Barry, Sean Barry   +3 more
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How does Medical Assistance in Dying affect end-of-life care planning discussions? Experiences of Canadian multidisciplinary palliative care providers

Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2021
Background: More than a dozen countries have now legalized some form of assisted dying, and additional jurisdictions are considering similar legislations or expanding eligibility criteria.
Anita Ho, Joshua S. Norman, Soodabeh Joolaee, Kristie Serota, Louise Twells, Leeroy William   +5 more
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MAiD and the Death of Dignity

Canadian Journal of Bioethics
The concept of human dignity figures prominently in discussions about medical assistance in dying. Yet the notion of ‘dignity’ is often ambiguous.
Daryl Pullman
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Unacknowledged Pain and Disenfranchised Grief: A Narrative Analysis of Physical and Emotional Pain in Complex MAiD Bereavement Stories

Canadian Journal of Pain, 2023
Background Pain can influence an individual’s choice to pursue medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and may also influence how family members experience that decision.
Kristie Serota, Michael Atkinson, Daniel Z Buchman   +2 more
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How the mass media report social statistics: A case study concerning research on end-of-life decisions [PDF]

, 2010
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Social Science & Medicine. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural ...
Bauman, Bell, Best, Best, Best, Boyce, Cicourel, Clive Seale, Deacon, Entwistle, Fenton, Fenton, Galtung, Gorer, Harcup, Hausmann, Jackson, Kitzinger, Kitzinger, Kuhse, Langer, Lewis, McInerney, McInerney, McInerney, Mellor, Nelkin, Osborne, Pollock, Rietjens, Schmierbach, Seale, Seale, Seale, Seale, Seale, Seale, Seale, Signorielli, Sparks, Sykes, van der Heide, van der Maas, Wakefield, Williams   +44 more
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Legal and Practical Contours [PDF]

, 1993
This paper considers current medical and legal perspectives on patients\u27 right to assistance in dying. In highlighting the competing policy objectives that must be resolved, it examines failed legislative initiatives in Washington and California.
Dangelantonio, Anthony J.
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