Medical Aid in Dying Resources
General Resources
- Comparison of Enacted and Pending Medical Aid in Dying Statutes
- State Statues - Information and Links
- Position Statements from Other Organizations
- NHPCO Statement on Medical Aid in Dying
- Selected Bibliography of Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Popular and Trade Press Articles
- Federal Law Pertaining to MAID
- Physician Assisted Dying, Timothy E. Quill, Margaret P. Battin, Thaddeus M. Pope, Up-to-Date (requires subscription to access)
- ProCon.org Consideration of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide, nonpartisan global perspective
“No” State Resources
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- Curbside Consultation Medical Aid in Dying, David Nowels, Gregg Vandekieft, and Jennifer Ballentine, American Family Physician, 97(5), 339–343. Provides an easy-to-follow guideline for responding to patient requests for medical aid in dying, including exploration of underlying unmet needs and motivations, affirmations of commitment to care, appropriate interventions, and discussion of alternatives and/or facilitation of the available legal process.
- PC Fast Facts: Evaluating Requests to Hasten Death
- PC Fast Facts: Responding to Requests to Hasten Death
- Assessment Resources: “No” States
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“Yes” State Resources
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- Dignity, Death, and Dilemma: A Study of Washington Hospices and Physician-Assisted Death, Courtney S. Campbell and Martha A. Black, Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, 47(1), 137–153. A study of hospice policies developed in Washington state in response to the Death With Dignity legislation. Provides excellent guidance as to the possible legal and ethical stances a hospice might take toward participation in the practice, including a detailed rubric for leadership and board-level deliberations from which to discern an ethical stance.
- Agency Case Study - coming soon
- Medical Aid in Dying Sample Policies
- Curbside Consultation Medical Aid in Dying, David Nowels, Gregg Vandekieft, and Jennifer Ballentine, American Family Physician, 97(5), 339–343. Provides an easy-to-follow guideline for responding to patient requests for medical aid in dying, including exploration of underlying unmet needs and motivations, affirmations of commitment to care, appropriate interventions, and discussion of alternatives and/or facilitation of the available legal process.
- PC Fast Facts: Evaluating Requests to Hasten Death
- PC Fast Facts: Responding to Requests to Hasten Death
- Moral Distress/Compassion Fatigue
- Bereavement Resources
- Clinical Practice and Emerging Standards: American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
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Ethics Committee Guidance
- Brief Guide to Ethics Committees and Consultation for Hospice
- Physician Aid in Dying: University of Washington Medicine, Department of Bioethics and Humanities
- Dignity, Death, and Dilemma: A Study of Washington Hospices and Physician-Assisted Death, Courtney S. Campbell and Martha A. Black, Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, 47(1), 137–153. A study of hospice policies developed in Washington state in response to the Death With Dignity legislation. Provides excellent guidance as to the possible legal and ethical stances a hospice might take toward participation in the practice, including a detailed rubric for leadership and board-level deliberations from which to discern an ethical stance.
- ProCon.org Consideration of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide, nonpartisan global perspective
- Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (6th edition, 2018), United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. See Part Five
- NHPCO Guide to Organizational Ethics in Hospice Care
Case Studies