What People Who Choose Assisted Death Actually Say

About this episode

Rupa Subramanya discusses the implications of Canada's assisted dying law and its expansion to various conditions.

In 2016, Canada legalized assisted dying for the terminally ill. Since then, the law—medical assistance in dying, or MAID—has expanded dramatically—to people with chronic but non-terminal conditions, with disabilities, and potentially those with mental illness as the sole underlying condition. Rupa Subramanya, The Free Press’s Canada correspondent, has spent years reporting on this slippery slope, interviewing patients, doctors, and families along the way. She discusses with Coleman where the line should be, what some of the strangest assisted dying cases reveal about the system, and what Canada’s experience should tell the rest of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Coleman

Guest: Rupa Subramanya

Topics covered

• assisted dying
• Canada
• medical ethics
• disability rights
• mental health
• end-of-life care

Keywords

• assisted death
• MAID
• Canada
• terminal illness
• chronic conditions
• mental illness
• ethical debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Free Press

Places: Canada

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