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ReviewBioethics2011

End-of-life decision-making in Canada: the report by the Royal Society of Canada expert panel on end-of-life decision-making.

Udo Schüklenk, Johannes J M van Delden, Jocelyn Downie, Sheila A M McLean, Ross Upshur, Daniel Weinstock

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Review in Bioethics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. The Morality of Assisted Dying.The Journal of medicine and philosophy · 2025
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  5. From Prohibition to Permission: The Winding Road of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2022
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  11. Problematic Ethics: Public Opinion Surveys in Medico-legal Disputes.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2019
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  16. End-of-life care decisions for haemodialysis patients - 'We only tend to have that discussion with them when they start deteriorating'.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017
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  18. Why conscientious objection merits respect.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2016
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  19. The right to live or die? A perspective on voluntary euthanasia.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Udo SchüklenkDepartment of Philosophy, Queen's University, Canada. udo.schuklenk@gmail.com
Johannes J M van Delden
Jocelyn Downie
Sheila A M McLean
Ross Upshur
Daniel Weinstock

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report on end-of-life decision-making in Canada was produced by an international expert panel and commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 reviews what is known about end-of-life care and opinions about assisted dying in Canada. Chapter 2 reviews the legal status quo in Canada with regard to various forms of assisted death. Chapter 3 reviews ethical issues pertaining to assisted death. The analysis is grounded in core values central to Canada's constitutional order. Chapter 4 reviews the experiences had in a number of jurisdictions that have decriminalized or recently reviewed assisted dying in some shape or form. Chapter 5 provides recommendations with regard to the provision of palliative care in Canada, as well as recommendations for reform with respect to the various forms of assisted death covered in this document.

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Terminal CareAdultAdvance DirectivesAgedBioethical IssuesCanadaChildDecision MakingDeep SedationEuropeEuthanasia, Active, VoluntaryHumansPalliative CarePublic OpinionSuicide, AssistedUnited States

Identifiers

PMID22085416
PMCPMC3265521

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