Factors Associated With Evolution of the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Isabelle Marcoux   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   David Lavoie   ^{2 *} , PsyD/PhD ;   Amy Bergeron   ³ , MSI ;   Alexandra Beaudin   ¹ , MSc ;   Simon Lemyre   ² , MA ;   Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin   ⁴ , PhD ;   Gina Bravo   ⁵ , PhD ;   Maude Hébert   ⁶ , PhD ;   Chantale Simard   ⁷ , PhD ;   Deborah Ummel   ⁸ , PhD ;   Catherine Perron   ⁹ , PhD ;   Marie-Eve Bouthillier   ² , PhD

¹ Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

² Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

³ Health Library, Direction of Libraries, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

⁴ Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

⁵ Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

⁶ Département des sciences infirmières, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

⁷ Department of Health Sciences, Nursing Sciences Module, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

⁸ Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

⁹ École de travail social, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

*these authors contributed equally