Can a competent individual refuse care in order to make their natural death reasonably foreseeable in order to qualify for medical assistance in dying (MAiD)? Consider a competent patient with left-side paralysis following a right brain stroke who is not expected to die for many years; normally his cause of death would not be predictable. However, he refuses regular turning, so his physician can predict that pressure ulcers will develop, leading to infection for which he will refuse treatment and consequently die. Is he now eligible for MAiD? Consider a competent patient with spinal stenosis (a non-fatal condition) who refuses food (but not liquids in order not to lose capacity from dehydration). Consequently, her physician can predict deat...
International audienceThe Leonetti law outlaws excessive professional practice leading to prolongati...
Canadians with a mental disorder as their sole underlying condition (MDSUMC) are still unable to acc...
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Can a competent individual refuse care in order to make their natural death reasonably foreseeable i...
Patients in Quebec can legally obtain medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are able to give in...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has received considerable attention from many in the field of bio...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is unique among the arsenal of medical therapeutics though it doe...
Patients in Quebec can legally obtain medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are able to give in...
Missouri’s Death-Prolonging Procedures Act of 1985 represents an effort to ensure that an individual...
Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a practice in which a physician provides a competent adult with a ter...
One of the most pertinent moral debates of modern medicine involves the growing, yet controversial p...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has received considerable attention from many in the field of bio...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is scheduled to be legalized in Canada as of March 2024 for indiv...
The recent change in Canadian law to allow access to medical assistance in dying restricts eligibili...
International audienceThe Leonetti law outlaws excessive professional practice leading to prolongati...
Canadians with a mental disorder as their sole underlying condition (MDSUMC) are still unable to acc...
The contentious, topical debate about whether faith-based health care organizations should be grante...
Can a competent individual refuse care in order to make their natural death reasonably foreseeable i...
Patients in Quebec can legally obtain medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are able to give in...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has received considerable attention from many in the field of bio...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is unique among the arsenal of medical therapeutics though it doe...
Patients in Quebec can legally obtain medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are able to give in...
Missouri’s Death-Prolonging Procedures Act of 1985 represents an effort to ensure that an individual...
Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a practice in which a physician provides a competent adult with a ter...
One of the most pertinent moral debates of modern medicine involves the growing, yet controversial p...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has received considerable attention from many in the field of bio...
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is scheduled to be legalized in Canada as of March 2024 for indiv...
The recent change in Canadian law to allow access to medical assistance in dying restricts eligibili...
International audienceThe Leonetti law outlaws excessive professional practice leading to prolongati...
Canadians with a mental disorder as their sole underlying condition (MDSUMC) are still unable to acc...
The contentious, topical debate about whether faith-based health care organizations should be grante...