Suffering, Dignity, and Medical Assistance in Dying: What Do Those Affected Have to Say?

Monthly conference of the Quebec Network for Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (RQSPAL).

A phenomenological-hermeneutic study conducted with six individuals considering medically assisted dying (MAD) and six bereaved family members of MAD recipients explored the lived experience of dignity. The data collected, interpreted through a Ricoerian lens, highlights the underlying suffering inherent in the experience of dignity, revealing a keen fear of suffering and the difficulty of defining the contours of the suffering experienced. Consequently, it is possible to reflect on the choice of medical assistance in dying, which, for many respondents, appears to be a reassuring solution to protect themselves from this much-feared suffering.

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