Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after medical assistance in dying
Abstract Background Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Québec since December 2015 and in the rest of Canada since July 2016. Since then, more than 60 people have donated their organs after MAID. Such donations raise ethical issues about respect of patients’ autonomy, potential pres...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00594-7 |