Conscience and care: Physicians’ ethical barriers to medical aid in dying

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Recently published research led by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus examined the prevalence -; and impact -; of physicians’ ethical or religious barriers to their involvement in medical aid in dying (MAiD), a multi-step process where a physician provides a terminally ill adult with decision-making capacity with a lethal dose of medication to end their life.