here are now nine states, plus Washington, D.C., where medical aid-in-dying (MAiD) is legally available for terminally ill patients who want it, covering almost a quarter of the U.S. population. The recent trend suggests that there will be more states where this option will become available, and certainly nursing centers are locations where people have medical conditions that qualify them to request MAiD.The baby boomer generation is fond of autonomy, and having a lethal prescription available is comforting to people who do not want to suffer more or become more dependent as their terminal illness progresses and for some, having that control and the knowledge that they can ingest when the time is right is all they need; a fair proportion of patients get the prescription but never do ingest the medications.
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