[Canada] The discourse of medical assistance in dying and its relationship with hospice palliative care in Canada: An integrative literature review

[Canada] The discourse of medical assistance in dying and its relationship with hospice palliative care in Canada: An integrative literature review
Journal of Advanced Nursing; by Jennifer D Dorman, D Shelley Raffin Bouchal, Eric Wasylenko, Shane Sinclair; 5/25
Three themes identified from the data were the relationship between MAiD [medical assistance in dying] and HPC [hospice pallaitive care], suffering in the context of MAiD, and moral distress and moral uncertainty in providing or not providing MAiD. The discourse around the relationship between MAiD and HPC is complex and contextual. Personal and professional understandings of end-of-life care differ and influence perspectives on how and whether MAiD and hospice palliative care can be reconciled. Findings consider how the concepts of end of life, MAiD, HPC, suffering, and moral distress influence and are influenced by the discourse of dying.