Diversity and Access to Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying in an Urban Setting.
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| Title: | Diversity and Access to Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying in an Urban Setting. |
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| Authors: | Fortin, Sylvie1 (AUTHOR) sylvie.fortin@umontreal.ca, Lessard, Sabrina1,2 (AUTHOR), Samson, Marie-Ève1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Omega: Journal of Death & Dying. May2026, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p297-316. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Health services accessibility, *Immigrants, *Qualitative research, *Research methodology, *Cultural pluralism, Psychology of the terminally ill, Assisted suicide, Medical quality control, Palliative treatment, Research funding, Death, Interviewing, Thematic analysis, Minorities, Patients' attitudes |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada |
| Abstract: | This article focuses on the end-of-life experiences of migrants and non-migrants from young to old, who died in a Canadian cosmopolitan city in the years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on interviews with over one hundred relatives of as many deceased, the authors discuss end of life issues, namely access to palliative care and medical assistance in dying. The data indicate unequal access to care at the intersection of several factors, including type of disease, patient's age, uncertainty of their prognosis, and migrant/non-migrant status. While being young and having cancer were undeniably associated with the provision of care (curative and palliative), those who did not benefit from palliative care tended to be social minorities in the local society and suffered from diseases with ambiguous prognosis. The right to "Die with dignity" is fundamental, with or without palliative care and regardless of where the end of life takes place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | This article focuses on the end-of-life experiences of migrants and non-migrants from young to old, who died in a Canadian cosmopolitan city in the years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on interviews with over one hundred relatives of as many deceased, the authors discuss end of life issues, namely access to palliative care and medical assistance in dying. The data indicate unequal access to care at the intersection of several factors, including type of disease, patient's age, uncertainty of their prognosis, and migrant/non-migrant status. While being young and having cancer were undeniably associated with the provision of care (curative and palliative), those who did not benefit from palliative care tended to be social minorities in the local society and suffered from diseases with ambiguous prognosis. The right to "Die with dignity" is fundamental, with or without palliative care and regardless of where the end of life takes place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00302228 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00302228241237834 |
