%0 Journal Article
%T Knowledge and Attitudes of Hospital Pharmacy Staff in Canada Regarding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
%A Adrienne Gallagher
%A Diane Brideau-Laughlin
%A Leslie Manuel
%A Michael LeBlanc
%A Odette Gould
%J Archive of "The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy".
%D 2019
%X In February 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that it was unconstitutional to prohibit physicians from assisting in a patient¡¯s consensual death, thereby setting the groundwork for the legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Much of the research on this topic has focused on physicians, although other health care professionals will be involved in the process, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy assistants. In many provinces, the medications required for MAiD will be dispensed from hospital pharmacies, which will result in direct involvement of hospital pharmacy staff
%K medical assistance in dying
%K assisted suicide
%K hospital pharmacists
%K pharmacy technicians
%K pharmacy assistants aide m¨¦dicale ¨¤ mourir
%K suicide assist¨¦
%K pharmaciens d¡¯h£¿pitaux
%K techniciens en pharmacie
%K aides-pharmaciens
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391242/