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The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die

The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die

Update: 2024-11-16

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Dr. Ellen Wiebe has performed hundreds of medical aid in dying (or MAID) procedures and is one of Canada’s most prominent advocates for the practice. David Marchese had questions — medical, legal and philosophical — about when it makes sense for doctors to help people to die, and also about how MAID might shape our thinking on what, exactly, constitutes a good death.

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The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die

The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die

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