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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

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So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. Because in medicine as somebody who works in the hospital, there’s always other treatment options. So figured out a little harmonica- Eric: That was wonderful.

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

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To examine how clinicians might act in the face of such bans, we turn to Lori Freedman, who wrote a book about clinicians (primarily Ob-Gyn’s) who work in Catholic Hospitals. Lori Freedman’s book (forthcoming) – Bishops and Bodies: Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals. Lisa Harris piece mentioned on podcast.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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If you are concerned that your silence can be a form of complicity and bad behavior, too, we have a certain amount of expertise. So the mere fact that you see somebody walking more stiffly or walking more slowly or, God forbid, like that horrendous magazine cover of persons in walkers is like, God, like, oh, you’re in a walker.

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