155. Helping People Die

Ellen Wiebe is a physician who helps seriously ill patients end their lives in Canada, where assisted suicide is legal. Is death a human right?

• SOURCES:
  • Ellen Wiebe, clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia.

• RESOURCES:
  • "TheLast Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on Decisions," by Jason Zweig (The Wall Street Journal, 2025).
  • "MostAmericans Favor Legal Euthanasia," by Rachael Yi (Gallup, 2024).
  • Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers.
  • "Medical Assistance in Dying: Overview," (Government of Canada).

• EXTRAS:
  • "Can Robots Get a Grip?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
  • "Remembering Daniel Kahneman," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
  • "Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • Thinking,Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman (2011).