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Quebec proposition of Medical Aid in Dying: a palliative care perspective.
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A palliative care perspective on Quebec's proposition to legalize euthanasia, based on the epistemological and methodological framework of critical theory, is it possible to relieve the suffering of end-of-life patients?About:
This article is published in International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 6 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Palliative care & Assisted suicide.read more
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Sedative Use in the Last Week of Life and the Implications for End-of-Life Decision Making. (Abstracts)
Nigel Sykes,Andrew Thorns +1 more
TL;DR: Sedative dose increases in the last hours of life were not associated with shortened survival overall, suggesting that the doctrine of double effect rarely has to be invoked to excuse sedative prescribing in end-stage care.
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Of dilemmas and tensions: a qualitative study of palliative care physicians’ positions regarding voluntary active euthanasia in Quebec, Canada
Emmanuelle Belanger,Anna Towers,David Kenneth Wright,Yuexi Chen,Golda Tradounsky,Mary Ellen Macdonald +5 more
TL;DR: This study provides insight into nuanced positions of experienced palliative care physicians in Quebec and confirms expected tensions between an important stakeholder and the practice of VAE as guided by the new legislation.
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The person who really loves me will be the one who helps me die: A critique of Seales v Attorney-General
TL;DR: This paper argued that the criminalisation of assisted suicide is inconsistent with the right to life, so a declaration of inconsistency was an appropriate remedy, if not a strained reading of the Crimes Act 1961 excluding euthanasia from the scope of suicide.
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Palliative Care: Changing Paradigms to Face New Challenges
Gabrielle Roy,Mélanie Vachon +1 more
TL;DR: Initial experimentation with such communities has yielded promising results, suggesting that the Compassionate Communities model could prove to be a viable alternative to the current approach to palliative care and to the overstrained system borne from it.
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