Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study

Marie-Ève Bouthillier, Isabelle Marcoux, Catherine Perron, Bruno Gagnon, David Lussier, Ghislaine Rouly, Mathieu Moreau, Michel Dorval, Sabrina Lessard, Dominique Girard, Gina Bravo, Maude Hébert, Michelle Giroux, Simon Lemyre, Alexandra Beaudin, Claude Julie Bourque, Maryse Soulières, Maude Lévesque, Mona Gupta, Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin, David Lavoie, Bertrand Lavoie, Ariane Plaisance, Louise Bernier, Jacinthe Dupuis

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DOI: 10.2196/83549
Published: 2026-04-20
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@article{allodium:10.2196/83549,
  title = {Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study},
  author = {Marie-Ève Bouthillier and Isabelle Marcoux and Catherine Perron and Bruno Gagnon and David Lussier and Ghislaine Rouly and Mathieu Moreau and Michel Dorval and Sabrina Lessard and Dominique Girard and Gina Bravo and Maude Hébert and Michelle Giroux and Simon Lemyre and Alexandra Beaudin and Claude Julie Bourque and Maryse Soulières and Maude Lévesque and Mona Gupta and Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin and David Lavoie and Bertrand Lavoie and Ariane Plaisance and Louise Bernier and Jacinthe Dupuis},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {JMIR Research Protocols},
  doi = {10.2196/83549},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/83549}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study
AU  - Marie-Ève Bouthillier
AU  - Isabelle Marcoux
AU  - Catherine Perron
AU  - Bruno Gagnon
AU  - David Lussier
AU  - Ghislaine Rouly
AU  - Mathieu Moreau
AU  - Michel Dorval
AU  - Sabrina Lessard
AU  - Dominique Girard
AU  - Gina Bravo
AU  - Maude Hébert
AU  - Michelle Giroux
AU  - Simon Lemyre
AU  - Alexandra Beaudin
AU  - Claude Julie Bourque
AU  - Maryse Soulières
AU  - Maude Lévesque
AU  - Mona Gupta
AU  - Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin
AU  - David Lavoie
AU  - Bertrand Lavoie
AU  - Ariane Plaisance
AU  - Louise Bernier
AU  - Jacinthe Dupuis
PY  - 2026
JO  - JMIR Research Protocols
DO  - 10.2196/83549
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Bouthillier, M., Marcoux, I., Perron, C., Gagnon, B., Lussier, D., Rouly, G., Moreau, M., Dorval, M., Lessard, S., Girard, D., Bravo, G., Hébert, M., Giroux, M., Lemyre, S., Beaudin, A., Bourque, C. J., Soulières, M., Lévesque, M., Gupta, M., Bourgeois-Guérin, V., Lavoie, D., Lavoie, B., Plaisance, A., Bernier, L., & Dupuis, J. (2026). Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. https://doi.org/10.2196/83549

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