What’s suffering got to do with it? A qualitative study of suffering in the context of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)

Abstract Background Intolerable suffering is a common eligibility requirement for persons requesting assisted death, and although suffering has received philosophic attention for millennia, only recently has it been the focus of empirical inquiry. Robust theoretical knowledge about suffering is crit...

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Published in:	BMC Palliative Care
Main Authors:	Barbara Pesut, David Kenneth Wright, Sally Thorne, Margaret I. Hall, Gloria Puurveen, Janet Storch, Madison Huggins
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2021-11-01
Subjects:	Suffering Palliative care Assisted death Medical assistance in dying End of life Nursing
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00869-1

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