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ArticlePalliative care and social practice2024

Willingness to be present throughout patient death via medical aid in dying in a national sample of interdisciplinary US hospice clinicians: a content analysis of rationales.

Todd D Becker, Cindy L Cain, John G Cagle, Joan K Davitt, Nancy Kusmaul, Paul Sacco

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Todd D BeckerSchool of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, 600 South Taylor Avenue, MSC 8100-0094-2400, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-1412
Cindy L CainDepartment of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
John G CagleSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Joan K DavittSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nancy KusmaulSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-8495
Paul SaccoSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Postdoctoral Training in Cancer Prevention and ControlT32CA190194 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, AIMEE S JAMES · 2014 to 2026
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NCI NIH HHS T32 CA190194
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Abstract

Background: Although medical aid in dying (MAID) legalization continues to expand across the United States, limited research has elucidated attitudes toward its clinical provision, especially in terms of clinician presence. Objective: The objective of the current study was to explore attitudes toward presence throughout a patient's death via MAID in hospice physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains. Aims included (1) characterizing willingness to be present throughout patient death via MAID and (2) describing rationales for willingness. Design: We employed a cross-sectional design. Methods: A national convenience sample of interdisciplinary hospice clinicians in the United States ( Results: Participants who were willing to be present ( Conclusion: Although three-quarters of participants were willing to be present during MAID, qualitative responses revealed great nuance within and across quantitative subsamples. Hospice clinicians would benefit from greater professional guidance and support pertaining to MAID.

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care provisioncliniciansend-of-life carehospicemedical aid in dying

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PMCPMC11528647

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