Voluntary assisted dying/euthanasia: will this have an impact on cancer care in future years?

J Philip, B Le, C La Brooy, I Olver, I Kerridge… - … treatment options in …, 2023 - Springer
Opinion statement In considering the impact of medically hastened death (MHD) on cancer
care, a wide range of variables needs to be considered including demographic factors …

Attitudes toward and experience with assisted-death services and psychological implications for health practitioners: A narrative systematic review

S Wibisono, K Minto, M Lizzio-Wilson… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A narrative systematic review was conducted to review studies that examine mental health
implications of involvement in assisted-death services among health practitioners …

How does medical assistance in dying affect end-of-life care planning discussions? Experiences of Canadian multidisciplinary palliative care providers

A Ho, JS Norman, S Joolaee, K Serota… - Palliative Care and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: More than a dozen countries have now legalized some form of assisted dying,
and additional jurisdictions are considering similar legislations or expanding eligibility …

Medical practitioners' views and experiences of being involved in assisted dying in Victoria, Australia: A qualitative interview study among participating doctors

M Sellars, BP White, P Yates, L Willmott - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Rationale On June 19, 2019, Assisted Dying (AD) was legalized in the Australian
state of Victoria, joining a small but growing cohort of jurisdictions internationally where AD …

Understanding the reasons behind healthcare providers' conscientious objection to voluntary assisted dying in Victoria, Australia

CM Haining, LA Keogh, LH Gillam - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2021 - Springer
During the debates about the legalization of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) in Victoria,
Australia, the presence of anti-VAD health professionals in the medical community and …

Anticipated impacts of voluntary assisted dying legislation on nursing practice

JT Snir, DN Ko, B Pratt, R McDougall - Nursing ethics, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 passed into law in Victoria, Australia,
on the 29 November 2017. Internationally, nurses have been shown to be intimately …

'This is uncharted water for all of us': challenges anticipated by hospital clinicians when voluntary assisted dying becomes legal in Victoria

R McDougall, B Hayes, M Sellars, B Pratt… - Australian Health …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Objective The aim of this study was to identify the challenges anticipated by clinical staff in
two Melbourne health services in relation to the legalisation of voluntary assisted dying in …

Attitudes of university hospital staff towards in-house assisted suicide

C Gamondi, A Gayet-Ageron, GD Borasio, S Hurst… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objective To investigate staff attitudes toward assisted suicide in the hospital setting in
Switzerland. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Two University Hospitals in French …

[HTML][HTML] Introducing voluntary assisted dying: staff perspectives in an acute hospital

R Digby, R McDougall, M Gold, D Ko… - … journal of health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) was legalised in Victoria, Australia in June
2019. Physicians can now assist patients to end their lives by providing drugs for self …

It's all about the individual's right to choose: A qualitative study of Australian culturally and linguistically diverse nurses' knowledge of and attitudes to voluntary …

J Penman, G Malik, K Rogerson, J Murphy, Y Zhong… - Collegian, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Nurses have a fundamental role in providing care for people at the end of life.
Some nurses from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds may have …