Providing Legal Assisted Dying and Euthanasia Services in a Global Pandemic
Lessons for Ensuring Service Continuity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pam Oliver (Pam Oliver Research and Evaluation, Waiheke Island, New Zealand, corresponding author), Michael Wilson (0000-0003-0217-7646, Adelaide Medical and Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia), Cameron McLaren (0000-0001-6742-4762, Medical oncologist, Adjunct Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Rob Jonquiere (World Federation of Right to Die Societies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1253-1272 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-22 |
| 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 | 10.1177/00302228221089120 |
| PMID | 35452276 |
| OpenAlex | W4224221881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
Background & objectives: Identifying the impacts of COVID-19 on patients' and practitioners' access to legal assisted dying and euthanasia (AD&E) services is vital to informing service continuity in an ongoing pandemic. Methods: An anonymous online survey collected qualitative and quantitative data from health practitioners and agencies providing legal AD&E services ( n = 89), complemented by semi-structured interviews with 18 survey respondents who volunteered. Results: Following governments' responses to the dynamic pandemic context, rates of AD&E inquiries and requests fluctuated across and within jurisdictions, based on a complex interaction of factors affecting patient access to AD&E agencies and assessors as services were disrupted. Service flexibility and nimbleness became key elements in continuing service availability and included calculated 'rule-breaking' considered justifiable to adhere to established bioethics. Making innovative adjustments to usual practice led to reviewing the effectiveness of AD&E services and laws, resulting in providers now improving services and lobbying for legislative change
Bioethics · Business · Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · IT service continuity · Legislature · Management · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Service (business · Service provider · Sociology · Disaster Response and Management · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Law · Marketing · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |