Dying with a Smile, Just Knowing that Somebody’s Listened to Me”

End-Of-Life Care and Medical Assistance in Dying in Canadian Prisons

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629016
AutoresJessica Shaw (0000-0003-3286-5570, University of Calgary, autor de correspondencia), Peter Driftmier (0000-0002-0902-7010, University of Calgary)
Año2021
Volumen88
Número4
Páginas1290-1313
Fecha de publicación2021-12-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228211052341
PMID34971334
OpenAlexW4205231991
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas20

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has been legal in Canada since 2016 and some incarcerated patients who are at the end of their lives are eligible for the procedure. Interviews with nine incarcerated men at a federal penitentiary in Canada provide insight into some of the ways that people who are navigating aging and end-of-life in prison think about MAiD. Interview themes are organized around: experience with death and dying; possibilities and barriers related to applications for release from prison at end-of-life; experiences of peer-caregiving in a prison palliative care program; support for MAiD and the expansion of eligibility criteria; what a good death looks like. Themes are contextualized alongside federal guidelines related to end-of-life care (EOLC) and MAiD for prisoners, highlighting that sound policy requires both generalizable principles and attention to nuance. MAiD rests on patient voluntariness, and thus autonomy over EOLC decisions is paramount for prisoners

Assisted suicide · Autonomy · Criminology · End-of-life care · Palliative care · Political science · Prison · Psychiatry · Voluntariness · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology