SynthesisPalliative medicine2023
An examination and proposed theoretical model of risk and protective factors for bereavement outcomes for family members of individuals who engaged in medical aid in dying: A systematic review.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Realization of a Family Systems Care Unit: A Real-Life Laboratory for Clinical Practice, Education, and Research at a Swiss University of Applied Sciences.Journal of family nursing · 2026Article
- Medical Aid in Dying: A Narrative Review of the Recent Academic Literature in the United States.Cureus · 2026Review
- "Walk me through the final day": A thematic analysis study on the family caregiver experience of the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure day.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Views, Attitudes and Challenges When Supporting a Family Member in Their Decision to Travel to Switzerland to Receive Aid-In-Dying.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Family caregivers bereaved by voluntary-assisted dying with a focus on motor neurone disease: the hidden patients.Palliative care and social practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedical Aid in Dying is an end-of-life option that allows a physician to provide a patient with a prescription to end their life. Though Medical Aid in Dying intends to reduce suffering for a patient, opponents argue Medical Aid in Dying may increase suffering for the family members during bereavement. To better understand the bereavement outcomes for family members/friends following Medical Aid in Dying, an exhaustive review of the risk and protective factors for bereavement outcomes is warranted.
aimThis systemic review aimed to identify studies that examined bereavement outcomes of family members of individuals who engage in Medial Aid in Dying, identify risk and protective factors for bereavement outcomes, and propose a theoretical model to enhance conceptual clarity.
designA mixed-method systematic review. DATA SOURCES: Ten databases were searched on June 16, 2021 and later conducted two updates (latest April 25, 2022).
resultsThirteen articles met inclusion criteria. Risk and protective factors were identified pre-Medical Aid in Dying and risk factors post-Medical Aid in Dying. Few studies compared bereavement outcomes for family members of individuals utilizing Medical Aid in Dying to family members who lost someone to natural loss.
conclusionsThis study provides equivocal results about the effects of Medical Aid in Dying on family members following the loss. The theoretical model outlines potential risk and protective factors. This model provides a greater understanding of possible universal risk and protective factors for family members of individuals who engaged in Medical Aid in Dying.
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