Medical Assistance in Dying in Alberta: Implementation of a Provincial Care Coordination Service for an Unprecedented Clinical Activitydoi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.12.062Heggerud, JoFaulder, D.Heggerud, J.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association...
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the expression frequently used to describe legal euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS) in CanadaFootnote1and elsewhere, is currently available in several countries and under consideration in others (British Medical Association,2021). Beginning in 2016 with “no model...
setting: a qualitative descriptive study Shannon Freeman1* , Davina Banner1 and Valerie Ward2 Abstract Background: Rapid implementation of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) across care settings has challenged providers and organizations, including hospices, to develop and implement new modes of ...
Alberta, Canada Federal Highway Administration Older Driver Program A Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) program that aims to better design roadways and highways for an aging population. By properly designing highways for senior drivers, the roads will be safer and all drivers should experience a...
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) is a relatively new phenomenon in Canada, and is therefore a growing area of interest in the legal and medical communities. Research is hampered, however, by the lack of a standardized approach to collecting data on MAID cases. The authors first discuss the...
Kevin VerhoeffClinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.Tatsuya KinClinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.Joshua HeflerClinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.Braulio A. Marfil-Garza...
Rhea is a 63-year-old woman living in Alberta with her partner of 35 years. She has two adult...Walker, AnnaWong, GinaCanadian Counselling and Psychotherapy AssociationCanadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Cancer is the primary underlying condition for most Canadians who are provided Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). However, it is unknown whether cancer patients who are provided MAID experience disproportionally higher symptom burden compared to those who are not provided MAID. ...
ALBERTAEUTHANASIA lawsJOB involvementNURSESLANGUAGE & languagesMEDICAL personnelRURAL healthDEATHQUALITATIVE researchPROFESSIONAL ethicsBackground: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in 2016 and amended in 2021. At the time that this study was conducted, the federal government was ...