作者
Ellen Wiebe, Jessica Shaw, Stefanie Green, Konia Trouton, Michaela Kelly
发表日期
2018/9/1
期刊
Canadian Family Physician
卷号
64
期号
9
页码范围
674-679
出版商
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
简介
Objective
To review the charts of people who requested medical assistance in dying (MAID) to examine their reasons for the request.
Design
Retrospective chart survey.
Setting
British Columbia.
Participants
Patients who requested an assisted death and were assessed by 1 of 6 physicians in British Columbia during 2016.
Main outcome measures
Patients’ diagnoses and reasons for requesting MAID.
Results
Data were collected from 250 assessments for MAID: 112 of the patients had assisted deaths, 11 had natural deaths, 35 were assessed as not eligible for MAID, and most of the rest were not ready. For people who had assisted deaths, disease-related symptoms were given as the first or second most important reason for requesting assisted death by 67 people (59.8%), while 59 (52.7%) gave loss of autonomy, 55 (49.1%) gave loss of ability to enjoy activities, and 27 (24.1%) gave fear of future suffering. People who …
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