Quebec physicians' perspectives on medical aid in dying for incompetent patients with dementia

Bravo, Gina; Rodrigue, Claudie; Arcand, Marcel; Downie, Jocelyn; Dubois, Marie-France; Kaasalainen, Sharon; Hertogh, Cees M; Pautex, Sophie Marie; Van den Block, Lieve; Trottier, Lise

doi:10.17269/s41997-018-0115-9

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Quebec physicians' perspectives on medical aid in dying for incompetent patients with dementia

ContributorsBravo, Gina; Rodrigue, Claudie; Arcand, Marcel; Downie, Jocelyn; Dubois, Marie-France; Kaasalainen, Sharon; Hertogh, Cees M; Pautex, Sophie Marie; Van den Block, Lieve; Trottier, Lise

Published inCanadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, p. 729-739

Publication date2018

Abstract

To elicit Quebec physicians' attitudes towards extending medical aid in dying (MAiD) to incompetent patients and to compare the attitudes of family physicians to those of other medical specialists.

Keywords

Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Dementia/psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Competency
Middle Aged
Physicians/psychology/statistics & numerical data
Quebec
Suicide
Assisted/psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Research group

Médecine palliative (709)

Citation (ISO format)

BRAVO, Gina et al. Quebec physicians” perspectives on medical aid in dying for incompetent patients with dementia. In: Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2018, vol. 109, n° 5-6, p. 729–739. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0115-9

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PID : unige:127641
DOI : 10.17269/s41997-018-0115-9
PMID : 30151675

Commercial URLhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.17269%2Fs41997-018-0115-9

ISSN of the journal0008-4263

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Quebec physicians' perspectives on medical aid in dying for incompetent patients with dementia

To elicit Quebec physicians' attitudes towards extending medical aid in dying (MAiD) to incompetent patients and to compare the attitudes of family physicians to those of other medical specialists.

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