Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada (eBook)

Key Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Jaro Kotalik, David W. Shannon (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2023
515 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-30002-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book, written both for a Canadian and an international readership, provides a multidisciplinary review of the framework and performance of the Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program. In the first five years (2015-2021) of operation, this program delivered voluntary euthanasia and assistance in suicide to over 30,000 Canadian residents, presently representing a 30% annual growth. Looking back on these first five years, the 30 Canadian scholars and clinicians contributing to this volume raise important issues and attempt to answer key questions that have arisen in regards to its operation and its stated objectives. This volume strikes the most appropriate balance between the autonomy of persons who seek medical assistance, versus the interests and protection of vulnerable persons. Finally, the book makes suggestions on how the program can presently be improved. It identifies gaps in knowledge about MAID’s operational program and its impact on individuals, families and society in order to stimulate the necessary research that is essential to the evolution of a healthy and well-balanced program. As a first, comprehensive examination of medically assisted deaths in Canada, this publication will be of great value to lay, professional, academic, political audiences both domestically and internationally, especially in jurisdictions that are examining their options of permitting assisted deaths.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.7.2023
• Reihe/Serie: The International Library of Bioethics
• Reihe/Serie: The International Library of Bioethics
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 515 p. 10 illus., 6 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
• Schlagworte: A Grievous and Irremediable Condition • Autonomy Versus Collective Rights • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms • Consent for Euthanasia • Equality and Disability • Euthanasia and Disability • Euthanasia and Freedom of Conscience • Euthanasia and Mental Illness • Euthanasia and Nursing Profession • Euthanasia and Palliative Care • Euthanasia and Patient-physician Relationship • Euthanasia in Canada • International Human Rights Law and MAID • MAID and Public Reporting • MAID Monitoring and Oversight • Media Portrayals and MAID • medical assistance in dying • The Right to Life Liberty and Security of the Person • Unbearable Physical or Mental Suffering
• ISBN-10: 3-031-30002-5 / 3031300025
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-30002-8 / 9783031300028