Janine Winters
Biographic Data
| ID | 3933866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janine Winters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janine |
| FAMILY NAME | Winters |
| SIGNATURE | WINTERS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4505-4032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conduit or conductor? Physician providers’ descriptions of their role as MAiD assessors in the first years after legalisation in Canada
PURPOSE: This qualitative study investigates how Canadian physician-providers of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) perceived their role in making judgements when assessing patients for MAiD. METHODOLOGY: 21 Canadian physician MAiD providers were interviewed about their experience as early-adopting providers. The data were analysed using a phenomenological approach to identify themes and thematic groupings regarding providers' perceptions of role…
Providing medically assisted dying in Canada
PURPOSE: Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada places the medical provider at the centre of the process. The MAiD provider holds primary responsibility for determining eligibility and becomes acquainted with patients' inner desires and expressions of suffering. This is followed by the MAiD procedure of administering the lethal agent and being present at the death of eligible patients. We report participants' perceptions of the emotional an…
Dirty work
Professional providers of mental health services are motivated to help people, including, or especially, vulnerable people. We analyse the ethical implications of mental health providers accepting employment at detention centres that operate out of the normal regulatory structure of the modern state. Specifically, we examine tensions and moral harms experienced by providers at the Australian immigration detention centre on the island of Nauru. Au…
Eligibility for assisted dying
Downie and Schuklenk1 provide a clear narrative of the development of Canadian policy on medically assisted dying. This is very helpful for considering specific aspects of the continuing deliberations in Canada. This commentary presents an alternative perspective on the authors’ argument that narrow eligibility criteria for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) are discriminatory and unjustified. I argue that disability or mental illness as sole rea…
Because it was new
The discursive context of medical aid in dying
Eligibility for assisted dying
Downie and Schuklenk1 provide a clear narrative of the development of Canadian policy on medically assisted dying. This is very helpful for considering specific aspects of the continuing deliberations in Canada. This commentary presents an alternative perspective on the authors’ argument that narrow eligibility criteria for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) are discriminatory and unjustified. I argue that disability or mental illness as sole rea…
Because it was new
The discursive context of medical aid in dying
Dirty work
Professional providers of mental health services are motivated to help people, including, or especially, vulnerable people. We analyse the ethical implications of mental health providers accepting employment at detention centres that operate out of the normal regulatory structure of the modern state. Specifically, we examine tensions and moral harms experienced by providers at the Australian immigration detention centre on the island of Nauru. Au…
Providing medically assisted dying in Canada
PURPOSE: Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada places the medical provider at the centre of the process. The MAiD provider holds primary responsibility for determining eligibility and becomes acquainted with patients' inner desires and expressions of suffering. This is followed by the MAiD procedure of administering the lethal agent and being present at the death of eligible patients. We report participants' perceptions of the emotional an…
Conduit or conductor? Physician providers’ descriptions of their role as MAiD assessors in the first years after legalisation in Canada
PURPOSE: This qualitative study investigates how Canadian physician-providers of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) perceived their role in making judgements when assessing patients for MAiD. METHODOLOGY: 21 Canadian physician MAiD providers were interviewed about their experience as early-adopting providers. The data were analysed using a phenomenological approach to identify themes and thematic groupings regarding providers' perceptions of role…
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Ethics in medical practice (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)