The Lack of Adequate Scientific Evidence Regarding Physician-assisted Death for People with Psychiatric Disorders Is a Danger to Patients
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Keywords medical assistance in dying, physician-assisted death, mental illness, Canadian law, suicide
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MAiD-NT practices lack evidence-based data, and without those data it is a risk to apply the practices whatever their aims are.
“In this sense with regard to the issue of irremediablity, MAiD-NT practices lack evidence-based data and without those data, as in all the branches of medicine, it is a risk to apply the practices whatever their aims are [8].”
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MAiD-MD seems complicated to reconcile with suicide prevention, which is a well-established societal responsibility.
“Therefore, MAiD-MD seems complicated to reconcile with suicide prevention [53, 54], with suicide prevention being a well-established societal responsibility [47].”
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Another primary concern surrounds the quality and continuity of care, and adding MAiD-MD as an option exacerbates this concern.
“Another primary concern surrounds the quality and continuity of care [19], and adding MAiD-MD as an option exacerbates this concern [23, 54].”
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“Therefore, MAiD-MD seems complicated to reconcile with suicide prevention [53, 54], with suicide prevention being a well-established societal responsibility [47].”
Background
- Authors
- Sinyor, M., & Schaffer, A.
- Affiliations
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Sinyor, Mark
- Venue
- The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-05-26
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 607-609
- ISSN
- 0706-7437 (ISSN-L)
- 1497-0015
- PMC
- PMC7485040
- OpenAlex
- W3030083607
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry (Academic Scholar Award)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, Medicine and Society
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Keywords
- physician-assisted death, medical assistance in dying, mental illness, suicide, scientific evidence, patient safety, Canadian law
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Humans, Physicians, Suicide, Suicide, Assisted
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