Appraising publicly available online resources to support patients considering decisions about medical assistance in dying in Canada: an environmental scan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in 2016, with legislation updated in 2021. It is unclear whether resources are available to help patients make this difficult decision; therefore, we sought to identify and quality appraise Canadian MAiD resources for supporting patients making this decision.

Methods

We conducted an environmental scan by searching Canadian websites for online MAiD resources that were published after the 2016 MAiD legislation, patient targeted, publicly accessible and able to inform decisions about MAiD in Canada. We excluded resources that targeted health care professionals or policy-makers, service protocols and personal narratives. Two authors appraised resources using the International Patient Decision Aids Standards (I

SUBMITTER: Kiss A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558241 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature