Dying with a Smile, Just Knowing that Somebody’s Listened to Me”
End-Of-Life Care and Medical Assistance in Dying in Canadian Prisons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Shaw (0000-0003-3286-5570, University of Calgary, corresponding author), Peter Driftmier (0000-0002-0902-7010, University of Calgary) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1290-1313 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228211052341 |
| PMID | 34971334 |
| OpenAlex | W4205231991 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
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
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |