21. Should Doctors Help Patients Die?

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) encompasses both euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In Canada and many parts of the world, MAID is slowly becoming incorporated into medical practice, in order to help end the suffering of patients who no longer wish to live. But how will the medical field adjust to this change in paradigm, which is in many ways contrary to the traditional role that doctors have always had in saving lives, not ending them? Palliative Care physician Dr. Craig Goldie joins the podcast.

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