Assessing and managing patients with borderline personality disorder requesting medical assistance in dying

Background: When physician assisted dying (referred to as Medical Assistance in Dying or MAiD in this article) is available for individuals with mental disorders as the sole underlying medical condition (MD-SUMC), patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) frequently request MAiD. Psychiatrists and other clinicians must be prepared to evaluate and manage these requests. Objectives: The purposes of this paper are to define when patients …