Abstracts
Résumé
L’aide médicale à mourir (AMM) est légalement permise depuis 2015 au Québec et depuis 2016 ailleurs au Canada. Même dans les régions où la mort assistée est pratiquée depuis des décennies, peu d’attention a été portée aux personnes qui ont perdu un proche dans ces circonstances. On ne sait donc pas exactement quels effets peut avoir l’AMM sur le vécu du deuil des personnes concernées, et encore moins en situation de pandémie. À partir des données quantitatives et qualitatives du projet Covideuil, cet article entend éclairer plus précisément le vécu du deuil à la suite du décès par AMM d’un proche pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 au Canada. Il ressort de ces analyses que l’AMM ne semble pas être associée à une trajectoire de deuil distincte pendant la pandémie. Ce type de décès nécessite cependant que les intervenants sociosanitaires portent une attention particulière aux proches de la personne décédée, car leur accompagnement est moins systématisé que pour les soins palliatifs.
Mots-clés :
- Aide médicale à mourir,
- deuil,
- facteurs de risque et de protection,
- COVID-19
Abstract
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized in Quebec in 2015 and elsewhere in Canada in 2016. Even in areas where assisted dying has been practiced for decades, little attention has been paid to those who have grieved for someone who died using MAiD. It is therefore unclear what effect MAiD may have on bereavement, especially in a pandemic situation. Using quantitative and qualitative data from the Covideuil project, this article aims to provide a clearer picture of the relationship between MAiD and bereavement among people faced with the death of someone during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. These analyses show that MAiD does not appear to be associated with grief during the pandemic. However, this specific type of death requires that social and health care workers pay particular attention to the deceased person’s family and friends, as their support is less systematic than for palliative care.
Keywords:
- Medical assistance in dying,
- bereavement,
- risk and protection factors,
- COVID-19
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