Suffering and medicalization at the end of life: The case of physician-assisted dying
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- 作者：Hadi Karsohoa ; hadi.karsoho@mail.mcgill.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jennifer R. Fishmanb ; jennifer.fishman@mcgill.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; David Kenneth Wrightc ; davidwright@uottawa.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Mary Ellen Macdonaldd ; mary.macdonald@mcgill.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Canada ; Physician-assisted dying ; Euthanasia ; Assisted suicide ; Palliative care ; End-of-life care ; Suffering ; Medicalization of dying
- 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：170
- 期：Complete
- 页码：188-196
- 全文大小：292 K
文摘
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Proponents of physician-assisted dying (PAD) articulate ‘suffering’ with the role of medicine.
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Draws upon data from study of Carter v. Canada, which decriminalized PAD in Canada.
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Proponents' discourse rejects one but accepts another end-of-life care configuration.
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Proponents make productive use of the medicalization of death and dying.