About this episode

The episode discusses the legalization of medical aid in dying in New York and features various perspectives on the topic.

New York is the latest state to legalize medical aid in dying. Stephen Dubner speaks with the governor who signed the law, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, a death doula — and an ethicist who thinks the very idea is wrong.

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Dubner

Guests: the governor, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, a death doula, an ethicist

Topics covered

• medical aid in dying
• ethics of death
• end-of-life choices
• legalization
• healthcare policy

Keywords

• good death
• medical aid in dying
• New York
• ethics
• death doula
• Nobel Prize
• healthcare

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Places: New York

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