What Factors Influence Canadian Nurse Practitioners' Willingness to Act as Assessors and Providers for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)?

ABSTRACT: In passing legislation in 2016 to allow medical assistance in dying (MAID), Canada became the world's first jurisdiction to allow nurse practitioners (NPs) to act as MAID assessors and providers. Health Canada's annual report shows that the demand for MAID in Canada increases each year, as does the proportion of MAID cases that NPs provide. The purpose of this study was to better understand factors that motivate or deter nurse practitioners from becoming MAID assessors and providers. The study design was a secondary analysis of a large qualitative dataset guided by interpretive description methodology. Primary data collection took place from 2018 to 2023 via semi-structured interviews with nurses and NPs. Secondary analysis of transcripts of all of the NPs interviewed for the primary study

SUBMITTER: Mokosak Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12592663 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature