Dying with dignity
Sean Illing talks with journalist Katie Engelhart about the morality and legality of physician-assisted dying — asking what a death with dignity really looks like
October 31, 2022
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Dying with dignity
Summary
Sean Illing talks with reporter Katie Engelhart, whose book The Inevitable is an up-close look at physician-assisted dying. This is the practice of receiving state-sanctioned medical aid to end one's life — a practice now legal in 10 U.S. states, Canada, and elsewhere around the world. They discuss the details of the procedure — including why people fight for this right and exercise it — as well as many of the moral and legal questions that it raises.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area
Guest: Katie Engelhart (@katieengelhart), journalist; author
References:
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die by Katie Engelhart (St. Martin's; 2021)
Brittany Maynard's legislative testimony
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