{"id":9122,"date":"2018-09-21T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9122"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:14:48","slug":"medical-assistance-in-dying-at-a-paediatric-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9122","title":{"rendered":"Medical Assistance in Dying at a paediatric hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carey DeMichelis, Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Adam  Rapoport <\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedicalethics.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Medical Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11057\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>This article explores the ethical challenges of providing  Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in a paediatric setting.  More specifically, we focus on the theoretical questions  that came to light when we were asked to develop a policy  for responding to MAID requests at our tertiary paediatric  institution. We illuminate a central point of conceptual  confusion about the nature of MAID that emerges at the level  of practice, and explore the various entailments for  clinicians and patients that would flow from different  understandings. Finally, we consider the ethical challenges  of building policy on what is still an extremely  controversial social practice. While MAID is currently  available to capable patients in Canada who are 18 years or  older\u2014a small but important subsection of the population our  hospital serves\u2014we write our policy with an eye to the near  future when capable young people may gain access to MAID. We  propose that an opportunity exists for MAID-providing  institutions to reduce social stigma surrounding this  practice, but not without potentially serious consequences  for practitioners and institutions themselves. Thus, this  paper is intended as a road map through the still-emerging  legal and ethical landscape of paediatric MAID. We offer a  view of the roads taken and considered along the way, and  our justifications for travelling the paths we chose. By  providing a record of our in-progress thinking, we hope to  stimulate wider discussion about the issues and questions  encountered in this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<p>DeMichelis C, Zlotnik Shaul R, Rapoport A. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/medethics-2018-104896\">Medical Assistance in Dying at a paediatric hospital.<\/a> J Med Ethics 2019;45:60-67.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carey DeMichelis, Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Adam Rapoport AbstractThis article explores the ethical challenges of providing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in a paediatric setting. More specifically, we focus on the theoretical questions that came to light when we were asked to develop a policy for responding to MAID requests at our tertiary paediatric institution. 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