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Podcast: The Smerconish Podcast
Episode: Life, Death, and Suffering: Who Gets to Choose? Bioethicist Dr. Art Caplan On The Right To Die Without A Terminal Illness
Description: Should patients without a terminal illness have the right to die? That's today's poll question at Smerconish.com.
Michael dives into the ethical, legal, and emotional complexities of assisted death, with reference to Canada’s expanding MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying) program. He also shares moving stories of people and their reasons for wanting to end their lives, plus, hear a powerful and smart conversation with NYU Grossman School of Medicine bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan, who is the absolute expert on this subject. A deeply thought-provoking episode on autonomy, suffering, and the boundaries of compassion.