Lamb Christina Marie
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Apr 15;26(2):79-81. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxaa051. eCollection 2021 Apr-May.
Canadians are looking to expand their Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program to include mature minors. Yet, little evidence exists to support this expansion. The Council of Canadian Academies released a report in December 2018 indicating that little is known about how mature minors make meaning of end of life care. To address this knowledge gap, research is needed to understand how mature minors make meaning of the dying process in the first place. Since social perceptions drive Canadian health care, practice, and end of life mentalities, the question that needs to be asked is: What is the Canadian perception of a good death for mature minors? To answer this question it is first necessary to examine the meaning that death and dying hold for mature minors, as voiced by mature minors themselves.
加拿大人希望扩大其医疗协助死亡（MAID）计划，将成熟未成年人纳入其中。然而，几乎没有证据支持这一扩大举措。加拿大科学院理事会于2018年12月发布了一份报告，指出对于成熟未成年人如何理解临终关怀知之甚少。为了填补这一知识空白，首先需要开展研究，以了解成熟未成年人如何理解死亡过程。由于社会观念影响着加拿大的医疗保健、实践及临终心态，因此需要提出的问题是：加拿大人对于成熟未成年人的善终是怎样看待的？要回答这个问题，首先有必要审视成熟未成年人自己所表达的死亡和临终对于他们的意义。
