Completion of Medical Certificates of Death after an Assisted Death: An Environmental Scan of Practices
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2018-11
Authors
Brown, Janine
Thorpe, Lilian
Goodridge, Donna
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Longwoods
Abstract
Policies and practices have been developed to operationalize assisted dying processes in Canada. This project utilized an environmental scan to determine the spectrum of assisted death reporting practices and medical certificate of death (MCD) completion procedures both nationally and internationally. Findings suggest medically assisted dying (MAiD) is represented on the MCD inconsistently nationally and internationally. Related factors include the specifics of local assisted death legislation and variations in death-reporting legislation, variation in terminology surrounding assisted death and designated oversight agency for assisted dying reporting.
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Brown, J., Thorpe, L., & Goodridge, D. (2018). Completion of medical certificates of death after an assisted death: An environmental scan of practices. Healthcare Policy, 14(2), 59-67. DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2018.25685