Search Tag: terminally ill

2024 02 Jun

  Recently published research by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus examines the prevalence and impact of physicians’ ethical or religious barriers to involvement in medical aid in dying (MAiD). MAiD is a multi-step process where a physician provides a terminally ill adult with decision-making capacity a lethal dose of medication...Read more

2017 24 Jan

Physicians and the general public have significantly different views when it comes to deciding whether to withhold or withdraw treatment of terminally ill patients. However, a new study at Umeå University in Sweden suggests that the two groups tended to agree with regard to cancelling treatment or offering relief at the final stages of life. See Also:...Read more