Abstract

In this study, 20 medical assistance in dying (MAiD) providers were interviewed about their experience when assessing patients with unmet needs, including medical, financial or social needs. Collectively they had experience with over 3700 MAiD assessments and found that unmet needs were rare. In the cases where patients had unmet needs, these were usually related to loneliness and poverty. This led to the ethical dilemma of providers deciding to honor their wishes for MAiD, knowing that some of their suffering was due to society’s failure to provide for them.

中文翻译：

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未满足的需求是否推动了对临终医疗援助 (MAiD) 的请求？加拿大 MAiD 提供者的定性研究

摘要

在这项研究中，我们采访了 20 名临终医疗救助 (MAiD) 提供者，了解他们在评估未满足需求（包括医疗、经济或社会需求）的患者时的经验。他们总共有超过 3700 次 MAiD 评估的经验，发现未满足的需求很少见。在患者有未满足需求的情况下，这些通常与孤独和贫困有关。这导致了决定尊重他们对 MAiD 的愿望的提供者的道德困境，他们知道他们的一些痛苦是由于社会未能为他们提供的。