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. 2023 Jul 24;22(2):157–194. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00143
Categories Codes Files # of references
Definitions, legislation, and practice Guidelines or guidance 10 25
Legal rules or regulations for OD MAiD 49 141
Maastricht category 8 10
MAiD vs suicide 3 3
Institutional requirements 8 15
Ethics, dilemmas, and consensus Children’s OD and/or euthanasia 5 11
Dead donor rule 29 51
Directed OD 14 29
Disclosure of recipients’ info for MAiD patients 3 3
OD conversation 47 108
Organ donation euthanasia: death by donation 25 64
Cost saving 2 2
Respect for patients’ wishes and autonomy 40 64
Ethical dilemmas 14 22
Ethical safeguards for OD following MAiD 22 91
Recipient objection 15 16
Consent and objection Confidentiality of MAiD decision/OD 5 10
Consent to MAiD 34 52
Consent to OD 36 42
Deterioration of patient 4 4
MAiD and the public Family’s perception 13 15
Patient’s perspective 3 6
Public awareness 5 5
Public perception 18 28
Societal pressure 38 58

MAiD, medical assistance in dying; OD, organ donation.