ArticleSAGE open medicine2020
Rediscovering the art of medicine, rewards, and risks: Physicians' experience of providing medical assistance in dying in Canada.
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- Pooled it
- A qualitative study of the barriers to and facilitators of the delivery of medical assistance in dying services in Canada from the perspectives of involved professionals.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Finnish physicians' attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a nationwide cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Sustainability of medical assistance in dying provision: Provider perspectives.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Narrative review of the impact on physicians of administering euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide and its association with moral distress.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Review
- 'This is perfect, thank you': Research poetry on gratitude for voluntary assisted dying in Victoria, Australia.Australasian journal on ageing · 2025Article
- Early experiences of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 amongst assisted dying practitioners in Aotearoa New Zealand.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- "It is difficult to be absolutely sure one way or the other." - a mixed method study on Finnish physicians' views on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study.BMC medical ethics · 2024Article
- Implementing voluntary assisted dying laws in healthcare: Exploring beliefs to identify implementation hurdles.Research in nursing & health · 2023Article
- Health care providers' ethical perspectives on waiver of final consent for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): a qualitative study.BMC medical ethics · 2022Article
- Winging it: a qualitative study of knowledge-acquisition experiences for early adopting providers of medical assistance in dying.Palliative care and social practice · 2022Article
- Experiences of healthcare providers with eligible patients' loss of decision-making capacity while awaiting medical assistance in dying.Palliative care and social practice · 2022Article
- "What Is Right for Me, Is Not Necessarily Right for You": The Endogenous Factors Influencing Nonparticipation in Medical Assistance in Dying.Qualitative health research · 2021Article
- Physician snapshot: the forming landscape of MAiD in northwestern Ontario.Palliative care and social practice · 2020Article
- Integration of medical assistance in dying into family practice.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadienArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMedical assistance in dying opens up uncharted professional territory for Canadian physicians extending their practices to include assisting and hastening death for eligible patients.
objectivesTo understand physicians' experience of participating in assisted dying and the emotional and professional impact.
methodsAn interpretive descriptive methodology and thematic analysis were used for this research. We interviewed eight physicians engaged in assessing and providing medical assistance in dying. Data were collected through audio taped, semi-structured interviews in person or by phone.
resultsThree overarching themes included (1) rediscovering the art of medicine, (2) unexpected rewards, and (3) negotiating risks and challenges. Each theme has accompanying sub-themes.
conclusionMedical assistance in dying is markedly different from other physicians' practices in that it has an enriched capacity for caring. The process brings deep satisfaction characterized by intimate, personalized contact with patients and families. The professional rewards of providing medical assistance in dying outweigh the challenges, offering an alternative narrative to more publicly accepted views of assisting someone to die.
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