I Need You To Help Me Die

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When journalist Esmé Deprez receives a text from her father, Ron Deprez, asking for help to die, she enters one of the most ethically fraught spaces in modern medicine: Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This episode explores what it means to assist a loved one’s death under MAiD law—and how personal compassion collides with professional and societal ethics. This episode features: Esmé E. Deprez : Writer and investigative journalist. Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH : Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Jennifer Eitingon, MD : Medical Director of Monument Health Hospice and Inpatient Palliative Care Attending Physician. You can see photos and read more about…