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Double-edged MAiD death family legacy: a qualitative descriptive study

Frolic, Andrea N, Swinton, Marilyn, Murray, Leslie, Oliphant, Allyson·2024·BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002648
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Background: Individuals who accompany a loved one through medical assistance in dying (MAiD) have to live with the experience and the psychological, moral and social consequences of their involvement in the process long after the death occurs. Aim: To explore the legacy of a MAiD death for individuals who accompanied a loved one through the process. Design: Using a qualitative descriptive approach we conducted semi-structured interviews to collect data from family members who had accompanied a loved one through MAiD. Data were analysed using conventional content analysis. Setting/participants: 16 family members of 14 patients who received MAiD at a Canadian hospital with an interdisciplinary MAiD programme. Results: The main theme in the analysis is the opposing tensions experienced by individuals who accompany a loved one through a MAiD death, which we conceptualise as a double-edge experience. This double-edge experience is illustrated through four thematic opposing tensions: (1) support for patient autonomy and ambivalence about the MAiD choice, (2) gratitude for suffering relieved for loved one and grief for lost time with loved one, (3) time as a gift and time as a burden and (4) positive legacy and challenging bereavement experience. Conclusion: The nature of the MAiD experience for involved families is rooted in complexity, ambiguity and ambivalence and thus resists easy categorisation. Families would benefit from structured psychosocial and spiritual supports that acknowledge this complexity, along with MAiD-specific bereavement support following the death.

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Authors
Frolic, A. N., Swinton, M., Murray, L., & Oliphant, A.
Affiliations
  • Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
  • McMaster University (CA)
  • Mohawk College (CA)
  • Western University (CA)
Corresponding author
Frolic, Andrea N
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Venue
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2020-12-18
Volume
14
Issue
e1
Pages
e845-e850
ISSN
  • 2045-435X (ISSN-L)
  • 2045-4368
DOI
10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002648
OpenAlex
W3114744819
Cited by
28
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 1
FWCI
3.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Keywords
medical assistance in dying, family caregivers, bereavement, patient autonomy, ambivalence, grief, psychosocial support, spiritual support, end-of-life care

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Frolic, A. N., Swinton, M., Murray, L., & Oliphant, A. (2024). Double-edged MAiD death family legacy: a qualitative descriptive study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002648