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LimbolandAuthor: Yibing Zhang
Autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. What happens when these principles of medical ethics go awry? Join almost-doctor, Yibing Zhang, on a journey into the uncomfortable, murky, and sometimes ambiguous parts of medicine. Language: en Genres: Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Autonomy in Death
Monday, 26 October, 2020
In 2014, Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman with terminal brain cancer, moved from California to Oregon to take advantage of the death-with-dignity law. She later ended her life that same year. Today, physician aid-in-dying is legal in eight states and Washington D.C. What is a physician’s role in death, and can aid-in-dying be successfully instituted in the United States with our current healthcare system?
