ArticleNursing ethics
Paradoxes, nurses' roles and Medical Assistance in Dying: A grounded theory.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Nurses' Experiences and Perspectives of Conscientious Objection in Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- From legalisation to practice: implementation of newly legalised health interventions in healthcare settings - a systematic review.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- The experience of nurses when providing care across acts that may be perceived as death hastening: A qualitative evidence synthesis.Palliative medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Society is for the Living: Disability, Unthinkable Lives, and MAID.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026Article
- Implications of assisted dying for nursing practice.Nursing ethics · 2025Article
- The Evolving Context of MAID-Related Communications for Registered Nurses in Canada.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024Article
- The Evolving Complexities of MAID Care in Canada From a Nursing Perspective.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn June 2016, the Parliament of Canada passed federal legislation allowing eligible adults to request Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Since its implementation, there likely exists a degree of hesitancy among some healthcare providers due to the law being inconsistent with personal beliefs and values. It is imperative to explore how nurses in Quebec experience the shift from accompanying palliative clients through "a natural death" to participating in "a premeditated death." RESEARCH QUESTION/AIM/
objectivesThis study aims to explore how Quebec nurses personally and professionally face the new practice of MAID and their role evolution. RESEARCH
designA grounded theory design was used. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: We recruited 37 nurses who participated in or coordinated at least one MAID. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted and audiotaped. Data collection and analysis followed Strauss and Corbin steps. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Ethics approval was received from the investigator's affiliated University. Participants were informed regarding the research goal, signed a written consent, and were assigned pseudonyms. FINDINGS/
resultsResults show that nurses experienced the wide range of paradoxe during MAID centering around the following eight elements: 1) confrontation abouth death, 2) choice, 3) time of death, 4) emotional load, 5) new Bill, 6) relationship with the person, 7) communication skills, and 8) healthcare setting. The shifting of views and values in this new role is presented by the contradiction of opposites.
conclusionsA better understanding of the paradox experienced by nurses involved with MAID paves the way for the development of interventions.
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