MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Moral Agency, Principle Of Double Effect, Palliative Care
14 Sep 2017
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Physician directly takes steps to hasten the death. Pa death (pad), medical assistance in dying (maid) canada. Considered as motivated by altruistic considerations and not selfishness. 2014 remove any age restrictions on physician-assisted death. Includes; the patient: be an adult, be capable, be an oregon resident, have terminal illness with <6months to live, voluntarily request a prescription for lethal drugs. Requires oregon health authority to ensure compliance. Collect info about pt. s and physician whom participate in the act. Analyzed stats report published annually, available to public. Terminating life support allow families to remove life support, facilitating death. Vulnerable people will be at higher risk. Become disproportionately represented among patients who choose pas. Oregon"s death with dignity act (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:884)(cid:524: annual statisitical analysis those requesting pas, caucasian (ave. age of 69, 50% with private insurance, 80% college education. Will not deliberately assist someone to die (cid:498)do not harm(cid:499) oath taken by physicians.
