Background: Medical end-of-life practices are hotly debated in Canada, and data from other
countries are used to support arguments. The objective of this pilot study was twofold: to …

Objective To determine health care professionals' understanding of the current legal status
of different end-of-life practices and their future legal status if medical aid in dying were …

Objectives End-of-life policy reforms are being debated in many countries. Research
evidence is used to support different assumptions about the effects of public policies on end …

A new dimension has been added to Canadian Medicare ߝ exemption from prosecution for
physicians, nurse practitioners and assistants providing medical assistance in dying for …

Background In this study we investigated (a) to what extent physicians have experience with
performing a range of end-of-life decisions (ELDs),(b) if they have no experience with …

Background The frequencies with which physicians make different medical end-of-life
decisions (ELDs) may differ between countries, but comparison between countries has been …

Rapidly aging populations and increased prevalence of chronic rather than acute illnesses
have seen growing public and professional interest in medical decision making at the end of …

Objectives: To elicit types and frequencies of end-of-life practices by physician members of
the German Society for Palliative Medicine. To analyse associations between characteristics …

This research investigates how physicians understand, practice and experience end-of-life
care in the context of Australian palliative and critical and acute settings. Particular attention …

Objective To explore end-of-life care in the ward and intensive care unit (ICU) environment
in nine Australian hospitals in a retrospective observational study. Methods In total, 1693 in …