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

帮助我理解母亲选择离世的医生

The Interview

社会与文化

2024-11-16

48 分钟
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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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  • For me, it was always about managing.

  • The fear and finding ways to use.

  • It until I could be motivated by.

  • The exact opposite of that.

  • And I never had to worry about.

  • The fear again because it didn't define me.

  • That's eight time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi on everything and nothing to do with tennis.

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  • A G A S S From the New York Times, this is the interview.

  • I'm David Marchese.

  • All right, today's episode is a little different.

  • It's kind of more about a topic than it is a specific person.

  • That topic is the controversial subject of medical assistance in dying,

  • also known by the acronym maid.

  • That's the term for when patients legally receive help from medical practitioners with ending their lives here in the U.S. mAID is currently legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia.

  • Patients have to be terminally ill in order to be eligible.

  • In Canada, where I'm from,

  • the practice is legal nationwide and patients can apply for it in cases where they have a grievous and irremediable medical condition,

  • which does not necessarily mean terminal.

  • The episode is a little different for this reason, too.