In Tension with Otherness: A Qualitative Review of the Experience of Canadian Nurses in the Context of Medical Aid in Dying
Studies of nurses’ experiences in the context of medical aid in dying (MAiD) frequently present results in two categories: those in favor and those opposed. In order to move beyond these sometimes stereotyped categories, this article proposes a reading of the various modalities of otherness that the context of MAiD can represent for nurses. We will review, in the Canadian nurses’ experience of the MAiD context, what can be understood as factors of alteration and what does not, we will synthesize what remains similar (a common ground) within the different “positions” identified, and we will attempt a meta-synthesis based on four thematic questions chosen to highlight how the recognition and singularization of experiences of otherness remain possible without merging into the same.