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 (news.ubc.ca/expert/ellen-wiebe), clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia.

• RESOURCES: • "The Last Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on Decisions (wsj.com/arts-culture/books/daniel-kahneman-ass…)," by Jason Zweig (The Wall Street Journal, 2025).
• "Most Americans Favor Legal Euthanasia (news.gallup.com/poll/648215/americans-favor-le…)," by Rachael Yi (Gallup, 2024).
• Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (camapcanada.ca).
• "Medical Assistance in Dying: Overview (canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-ser…)," (Government of Canada).

• EXTRAS: • "Can Robots Get a Grip? (freakonomics.com/podcast/can-robots-get-a-grip)" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
• "Remembering Daniel Kahneman (freakonomics.com/podcast/remembering-daniel-ka…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
• "Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (freakonomics.com/podcast/does-death-have-to-be…)" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• Thinking, Fast and Slow (amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/…), by Daniel Kahneman (2011).

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