The Interior Experience of Prescribing Medical Aid in Dying: Carly Zapata and Dani Chammas
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The episode discusses the experiences and challenges faced by prescribers of medical aid in dying in California, featuring guests Carly Zapata and Dani Chammas.
I had the privilege of learning from fellow Greenwall Faculty Scholar Lisa Harris about a term she termed, " dangertalk ." As an ob/gyn and abortion provider, Lisa found the debate around the legality of abortion so polarizing that it created a false dichotomy: you're either for or against. Any talk about misgivings, uncertainty, ambiguity, or ambivalence was silenced. Talking about these issues in the face of polarization was deemed dangerous and undermining to one side or another. "How could you?" For Lisa's work in finding common ground and embracing nuance she was awarded the 2023 Bernard Lo Award for forging connections across divisions. In today's podcast we focus on the equivalent experience of moral uncertainty, distress, and residue among prescribers of medical aid in dying. We are joined by Carly Zapata and Dani Chammas, prescribers of medical aid in dying in California. We discuss: Their journey prescribing medical aid in dying, and reasons for choosing to prescribe The legality of prescribing in California. We compare California to Canada, as we have previously on this podcast . We discuss new limited survey data suggesting that legal barriers may not explain the…
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