ArticleBMC palliative care2022
Being a safe place: a qualitative study exploring perceptions as to how a rural community hospice could respond to enactment of voluntary assisted dying legislation.
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- Co-creating end-of-life choices education: A process description of a program to explore community death-literacy in preparation for voluntary assisted dying.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- Institutional Responses to Voluntary Assisted Dying: An Empirical Study in Victoria and Western Australia.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2025Article
- Still safe; still respectful: a mixed methods study exploring the early experiences of a rural community hospice in providing voluntary assisted dying.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- The representation of Australians living with dementia in voluntary assisted dying research: A scoping review.Australasian journal on ageing · 2024Article
- Nurses' experiences of supporting patients requesting voluntary assisted dying: A qualitative meta-synthesis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2022Review
- "Respecting our patients' choices": making the organizational decision to participate in voluntary assisted dying provision: findings from semi-structured interviews with a rural community hospice board of management.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a lack of research to guide the implementation of voluntary assisted dying legislation within a hospice setting. Furthermore, there is limited published information related to the expectations of the community and staff to assist decision making regarding voluntary assisted dying in a community hospice. The aim of this study was to explore the expectations of staff, volunteers and members of the community as how a rural Australian community hospice could respond in relation to imminent enactment of Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation.
methodsA total of 63 Hospice staff and volunteers and community members participated in 11 workshops. This qualitative study used the interpretive description method to analyse the workshop transcripts.
resultsWhile there was not a consensus view on community expectation, there was agreement among the participants for respect for a patient's individuality and choices. Furthermore, care offered in hospice needs to remain non-judgemental and patient focused regardless of whether voluntary assisted dying policy was implemented or not. Both opportunities and risks associated with implementation were identified by the participants.
conclusionThere was common ground around the respect for the dying person and the ideal of a "safe place" despite opposing views on what this may mean in practice. There is a need for clarity in organisational responses around policy, risk management, education, and staff support.
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