Medical assistance in dying: implications for health systems from a scoping review of the literature

Objective Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is the medical provision of substances to end a patient’s life at their voluntary request. While legal in several countries, the implementation of MAiD is met with ethical, legislative and clinical challenges, which are often overshadowed by moral discourse. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review to explore key barriers for the integration of MAiD into existing health systems. Methods We searched …