Factors predicting the risk of loss of decisional capacity for medical assistance in dying: a retrospective database review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bill C-14, the legislation that legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada in 2016, outlines eligibility criteria and includes both a mandated 10-day reflection period and a requirement that the patient have capacity to consent at the time MAiD is provided. We examined clinical factors associated with shortened reflection periods or loss of capacity before provision of MAiD.

Methods

This retrospective database review involved patients who requested MAiD at a tertiary care hospital in Toronto, Canada, between June 2016 and April 2019. We used logistic regression analyses to examine the association between the combined outcome of unanticipated loss of decisional capacity, shortening of the reflection period or death and the clinical risk factors of inter

SUBMITTER: Selby D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7743904 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature