Medical assistance in dying legislation: Hospice palliative care providers' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After over 4 years since medical assistance in dying legalization in Canada, there is still much uncertainty about how this ruling has affected Canadian society.

Objective

To describe the positive aspects of medical assistance in dying legalization from the perspectives of hospice palliative care providers engaging in medical assistance in dying.

Design

In this qualitative descriptive study, we conducted an inductive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with hospice palliative care providers.

Participants and setting

Multi-disciplinary hospice palliative care providers in acute, community, residential, and hospice care in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada, who have engaged in end-of-life care planning with patients who have inquired about and/

SUBMITTER: Joolaee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature