Medical assistance in dying: patients', families', and health care providers' perspectives on access and care delivery

J Brown, D Goodridge, A Harrison, J Kemp… - Journal of Palliative …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Medical assistance in dying (MAID) became legal in Canada in 2016. Although
the legislation is federal, each province is responsible for establishing quality care …

Care considerations in a patient-and family-centered medical assistance in dying program

J Brown, D Goodridge, A Harrison… - … of Palliative Care, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) became legal in Canada in June 2016. As
part of a project designed to improve end-of-life care for those requesting MAID, qualitative …

Providing medical assistance in dying within a home palliative care program in Toronto, Canada: an observational study of the first year of experience

J Wales, SR Isenberg, P Wegier, J Shapiro… - Journal of Palliative …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in June
2016. There are no documented experiences of MAiD provision within a home palliative …

Improving the medical assistance in dying (MAID) process: a qualitative study of family caregiver perspectives

BM Hales, S Bean, E Isenberg-Grzeda… - Palliative & Supportive …, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe road to legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) across Canada has
largely focused on legislative details such as eligibility and establishment of regulatory …

Medical assistance in dying: implications for health systems from a scoping review of the literature

JK Fujioka, RM Mirza, CA Klinger… - Journal of Health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is the medical provision of substances to end
a patient's life at their voluntary request. While legal in several countries, the implementation …

[HTML][HTML] How we can improve the quality of care for patients requesting medical assistance in dying: a qualitative study of health care providers

SJW Oczkowski, D Crawshaw, P Austin… - Journal of pain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Context Since Canada decriminalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2015,
clinicians and organizations have developed policies and protocols to implement assisted …

Early experience with medical assistance in dying in Ontario, Canada: a cohort study

J Downar, RA Fowler, R Halko, LD Huyer, AD Hill… - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized across Canada in June
2016. Some have expressed concern that patient requests for MAiD might be driven by poor …

A race to the end: family caregivers' experience of medical assistance in dying (MAiD)—a qualitative study

T Thangarasa, S Hales, E Tong, E An, D Selby… - Journal of General …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The June 2016 legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAiD)
provided an added layer of choice to end-of-life care in Canada. Family caregivers play an …

How can we improve the experiences of patients and families who request medical assistance in dying? A multi-centre qualitative study

SJW Oczkowski, DE Crawshaw, P Austin, D Versluis… - BMC palliative …, 2021 - Springer
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 …

The spectrum of end of life care: an argument for access to medical assistance in dying for vulnerable populations

AC Wright, JC Shaw - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2019 - Springer
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized by the Supreme Court of Canada in June
2016 and became a legal, viable end of life care (EOLC) option for Canadians with …