Health Care Providers' Experiences with Implementing Medical Aid-in-Dying in Vermont: a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evolving legal landscape for medical aid-in-dying (AID) in the USA raises clinical and public health challenges and concerns regarding how health care providers will accommodate AID while expanding access to high-quality end-of-life care.

Objective

To describe Vermont health care providers' experiences practicing under the "Patient Choice and Control at End of Life" Act.

Design

Qualitative semi-structured interviews analyzed using grounded theory.

Participants

The larger study included 144 health care providers, terminally ill patients, caregivers, policy stakeholders, and other Vermont residents working in 10 out of Vermont's 14 counties. This article reports on a subset of 37 providers who had clinical experience with the law.

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SUBMITTER: Buchbinder M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445925 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature