Natural Death Versus Known Date-Of-Death: A Qualitative Study of Views on Voluntary Assisted Dying in an Online Course About Death

Rawlings, Deb; Winsall, Megan; Miller-Lewis, Lauren; Tieman, Jennifer

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“…VAD requests are not usually due to refractory physical suffering, like pain, but due to distress associated with diminishing autonomy, dignity or perceived quality of life [40,41]. VAD can also be an expression of autonomy, a decision for a particular type and timing of death [42] where themes of choice, control and dignity predominate [43,44]. The ongoing conflict regarding the unclear or contextual differences between suicide and VAD highlight the challenges in society determining which deaths occurring due to individual's actions and choices are 'good' [40].…”

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Matters of care and the good death – rhetoric or reality?

Collier

Chapman

2023

Current Opinion in Supportive &Amp; Palliative Care

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Purpose of review The notion of a ‘good death’ is central to hospice and palliative care philosophy. This review interrogates social imaginaries of the ‘good death’ in the context of current global, health and sociopolitical challenges. Recent findings Research literature and policy documents across fields continue to place emphasis on the ‘good death’. As part of the equity turn in palliative care, there is a growing body of work highlighting the diverse perspectives of people whose voices were heretofore not understood. Inequities are evident not only in terms of who has access to a ‘good death’ but also related to the effects of the dominant ‘good death’ script itself. Summary There is increasing evidence that pursuit of the ‘good death’ narrative may be counter to supporting people as they are living and dying. The authors instead argue for a research, policy and practice shift to ‘matters of care’.

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confidence: 99%

Matters of care and the good death – rhetoric or reality?

Collier

Chapman

2023

Current Opinion in Supportive &Amp; Palliative Care

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Attitudes Toward and Experience With Assisted-Death Services and Psychological Implications for Health Practitioners: A Narrative Systematic Review

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A narrative systematic review was conducted to review studies that examine mental health implications of involvement in assisted-death services among health practitioners. Qualitative and quantitative studies were included to understand health practitioners’ attitudes and experiences with assisted dying services, as well as to identify the mental health consequences. We identified 18 articles from 1591 articles drawn from seven major scientific databases (i.e., PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus). Two raters independently evaluated the exclusion and inclusion decisions of the articles and examined methodological flaws in the selected articles. We found that engagement in assisted death services were not reliably associated with mental health outcomes such as anxiety and moral distress. Both positive and negative outcomes were reported, and psychological outcomes for practitioners were shown to vary based on factors including social support for health practitioners’ views; their perceived capacity to care for the patients; and legislation.

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Natural Death Versus Known Date-Of-Death: A Qualitative Study of Views on Voluntary Assisted Dying in an Online Course About Death

Cited by 2 publications

References 33 publications

Matters of care and the good death – rhetoric or reality?

Matters of care and the good death – rhetoric or reality?

Attitudes Toward and Experience With Assisted-Death Services and Psychological Implications for Health Practitioners: A Narrative Systematic Review

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