Research Centre on Aging, CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS, Sherbrooke, Canada.
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2024 Jan;67(1):19-34. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2023.2229397. Epub 2023 Jun 27.
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) is available in Canada for competent persons meeting the legal requirements. Extending access to persons lacking decisional capacity is being considered. Social workers may be called upon to accompany these persons through the MAID process. As part of a larger survey, we asked social workers from Quebec whether they would be willing to be involved should advance requests for MAID be legalized. Of the 367 respondents, 291 replied that they would. Using multivariable logistic regression, we identified characteristics that distinguish them from the other social workers surveyed: importance of religious or spiritual beliefs, being born in Canada, having received assisted-death requests from families, professional experiences with MAID, and dreading the prospect of participating in MAID for persons lacking decisional capacity. These findings underline the need for educational interventions that would increase social workers' confidence in providing high-quality care to clients who opt for MAID.
在加拿大，有能力且符合法律要求的人可以获得医疗辅助死亡（MAID）。正在考虑扩大没有决策能力的人的准入。社会工作者可能被要求在 MAID 过程中陪伴这些人。作为一项更大的调查的一部分，我们询问了魁北克的社会工作者，如果提前请求 MAID 合法化，他们是否愿意参与。在 367 名回应者中，有 291 名表示愿意。使用多变量逻辑回归，我们确定了将他们与其他接受调查的社会工作者区分开来的特征：宗教或精神信仰的重要性、在加拿大出生、收到过来自家庭的协助死亡请求、有 MAID 的专业经验，以及害怕为没有决策能力的人参与 MAID。这些发现强调了需要进行教育干预，以提高社会工作者为选择 MAID 的客户提供高质量护理的信心。
