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Health care providers’ ethical perspectives on waiver of final consent for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): a qualitative study
BackgroundWith the enactment of Bill C-7 in Canada in March 2021, people who are eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), whose death is...
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Envisioning Markets in Assisted Dying
Ethical debates about assisted dying typically assume that only medical professionals should be able to provide patients with assisted dying. This...
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Feminist Approaches to Medical Aid in Dying: Identifying a Path Forward
This essay addresses feminist approaches to medical aid in dying (MAID), considering whether it is a practice that should be supported for women and...
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Robots, AI, and Assisted Dying: Ethical and Philosophical Considerations
The focus of this chapter is on some of the ethical and philosophical issues at the intersection of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI)...
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Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after medical assistance in dying
BackgroundMedical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Québec since December 2015 and in the rest of Canada since July 2016. Since then, more...
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Medical Aid in Dying in Canada: Undertaking Clinical Ethics Consultations in a Rapidly Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Canada’s relatively new medical assistance in dying regime embodies a rapidly shifting regulatory and legal landscape. Healthcare professionals,...
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Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Law and the Rights to Life and Equality at International Law
In international law, the right to life has been described as the most fundamental human right, without which other core human rights cannot be...
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Dying to Live: Transhumanism, Cryonics, and Euthanasia
It might seem counterintuitive to think transhumanists, who are typically characterized by extreme techno-optimism and hope for radical...
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Objections to assisted dying within institutions: systemic solutions for rapprochement
In this Matters Arising article, we outline how the recent article “The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a...
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Saving Lives with Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Organ Donation After Assisted Dying
In this chapter I consider the narrow and wider benefits of permitting assisted dying in the specific context of organ donation and transplantation....
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Flaws in advance directives that request withdrawing assisted feeding in late-stage dementia may cause premature or prolonged dying
BackgroundThe terminal illness of late-stage (advanced) Alzheimer’s and related dementias is progressively cruel, burdensome, and can last years if...
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The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions
BackgroundVoluntary assisted dying became lawful in Victoria, the first Australian state to permit this practice, in 2019 via the Voluntary Assisted...
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Japan should initiate the discussion on voluntary assisted dying legislation now
BackgroundNo laws or official guidelines govern voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Japan. A legislative bill on the termination of life-sustaining...
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Assisted Dying and the Proper Role of Patient Autonomy
A governing principle in medical ethics is respect for patient autonomy. This principle is commonly drawn upon in order to argue for the...
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Assisted Dying for Individuals with Dementia: Challenges for Translating Ethical Positions into Law
In this chapter, we explore the issue of assisted dying for individuals with dementia at the nexus of ethics and law. We set out the basic medical...
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The Implementation of Assisted Dying in Quebec and Interdisciplinary Support Groups: What Role for Ethics?
The purpose of this text is to tell the story of the implementation of the Act Respecting End-of-Life Care, referred to hereafter as Law 2 ...
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Ethical arguments against coercing provider participation in MAiD (medical assistance in dying) in Ontario, Canada
It has historically been a crime in Canada to provide assistance to someone in ending their own life, however, this paradigm was inverted in 2015...
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License to Kill: A New Model for Excusing Medically Assisted Dying?
In this chapter, we seek to offer a fresh perspective on whether or not doctors should be “licensed to kill”. As that phrase indicates, we...
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Travelling to die: views, attitudes and end-of-life preferences of Israelis considering receiving aid-in-dying in Switzerland
BackgroundFollowing the increased presence of the Right-to-Die Movement, improved end-of-life options, and the political and legal status of...