The option to end one's own life through prescribed, lethal medication is legal in 10 states and in Washington D.C. Guest host Anisa Khalifa talks to two researchers about what the assisted death debate illuminates about dying in the United States. Meet the guests:- <a href="https://www.marabuchbinder.com/">Mara Buchbinder</a>, a medical anthropologist and the author of "Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America," shares her research into how patients, doctors and caregivers interpreted assisted death law in Vermont- <a href="https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/bioethics/faculty/braswell-harold.php">Harold Braswell</a>, associate professor in health care ethics at St. Louis University, talks about disability rights and how assisted death fits into the larger end-of-life care landscape in the U.S.<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-11-20/assisted-death-and-dying-in-america-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@embodiedwunc?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/embodiedwunc/?hl=en">Instagram </a><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/254474/43/83gu0x074ydhd8wm">Leave a message for Embodied</a>

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Guest host Anisa Khalifa talks to two researchers about what the assisted death debate illuminates about dying in the United States.

The option to end one's own life through prescribed, lethal medication is legal in 10 states and in Washington D.C. Guest host Anisa Khalifa talks to two researchers about what the assisted death debate illuminates about dying in the United States. 

Meet the guests:

- <a href="https://www.marabuchbinder.com/">Mara Buchbinder</a>, a medical anthropologist and the author of "Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America," shares her research into how patients, doctors and caregivers interpreted assisted death law in Vermont

- <a href="https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/bioethics/faculty/braswell-harold.php">Harold Braswell</a>, associate professor in health care ethics at St. Louis University, talks about disability rights and how assisted death fits into the larger end-of-life care landscape in the U.S.

<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-11-20/assisted-death-and-dying-in-america-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platform

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Assisted Death And Dying in America

Assisted Death And Dying in America

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