What’s suffering got to do with it? A qualitative study of suffering in the context of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)

Abstract Background Intolerable suffering is a common eligibility requirement for persons requesting assisted death, and although suffering has received philosophic attention for millennia, only recently has it been the focus of empirical inquiry. Robust theoretical knowledge about suffering is crit...

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Main Authors: Barbara Pesut, David Kenneth Wright, Sally Thorne, Margaret I. Hall, Gloria Puurveen, Janet Storch, Madison Huggins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00869-1