678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?
The episode explores the complex and evolving conversation around medical aid in dying (MAID), using the recent death of Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman as a springboard to examine personal autonomy, ethics, policy, and cultural attitudes toward death. It argues that while MAID is gaining
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