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.

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 (N = 413) completed a self-administered, mixed-method survey via Qualtr

SUBMITTER: Becker TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11528647 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature