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J Palliat Med. 2023 Jul;26(7):896-899. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0209. Epub 2023 Jun 9.
ABSTRACT
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) and palliative care often have an antagonistic relationship in jurisdictions where both are legal, but the early ethical and legal history of palliative care closely mirrors that of MAID in important ways. Palliative practices that are commonplace today were considered homicide or “medically assisted death” in most jurisdictions until quite recently. Moreover, while many patients request MAID today for reasons that are criticized as “ableist,” the same rationale is accepted without comment or judgment when used to justify withdrawal of life support or a discontinuation of life-prolonging therapies. Concerns about factors that undermine autonomous decisions for MAID would apply equally to routine palliative care practices. By the same token, palliative care exists because no field in medicine is able to fix every problem it encounters. It is ironic, therefore, that some palliative care providers oppose MAID with the hubristic argument that we can relieve all forms of suffering. Palliative care providers may choose not to participate in MAID, but palliative care and MAID do not have to be mutually exclusive and are often complementary and synergistic for patients and families.
PMID:37428971 | DOI:10.1089/jpm.2023.0209
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