Eliana Close

1 week ago | mja.com.au | Del Villar |Eliana Close |Ben White

Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52634 Published online: 14 April 2025 All Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory have voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws. Medication management will be topical in these laws’ mandatory reviews following a Queensland coronial inquest into the death of a person who consumed a VAD substance prescribed for their spouse.

Dec 9, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Brandon Heidinger |Kenneth Chambaere |Vrije Universiteit Brussel |Eliana Close

International Comparison of Underlying Disease Among Recipients of Medical Assistance in Dying In 2023, 282 million individuals lived in jurisdictions allowing medical assistance in dying (MAID).

Dec 9, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Nathan Stall |Brandon Heidinger |Kenneth Chambaere |Eliana Close

Centering Patients and Evidence in Debates About Medical Assistance in Dying International Comparison of Underlying Disease Among Recipients of Medical Assistance in Dying Brandon Heidinger, BSc; Colleen Webber, PhD; Kenneth Chambaere, PhD; Eliana Close, PhD; Luc Deliens, PhD; Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, PhD; Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD; Agnes van der Heide, MD, PhD; Ben White, DPhil, LLB, (Hons); James Downar, MD, MHSc End-of-life care is an essential part of patient- and family-centered care....

Oct 30, 2024 | bmj.com | James Downar |Eliana Close |Ben White

James Downar, professor of palliative care1, Eliana Close, senior research fellow2, Jessica E Young, senior research fellow3, Ben P White, professor of end-of-life law and regulation41Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada2Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology; Brisbane, Australia.

Jul 31, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ruthie Jeanneret |Eliana Close |Lindy Willmott |Jocelyn Downie

1 Introduction Assisted dying (AD) has been legalised in a small but growing number of jurisdictions globally, including Canada and Australia [1]. In Canada, a federal legislative framework for AD was introduced via Bill C-14 in 2016 [2, 3], and amended in 2021 by Bill C-7 [4]. All six Australian states have passed laws since 2017 [5].