The Rise of Dr Assistive Suicide and Euthanasia

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Curtis: This growing movement towards Both dr assisted suicide and euthanasia Is still below the radar screen of a lot of christian thought leaders pastors. He says we're simply focused on using doctors as a line of defense Against this culture of death but it's not addressing the underlying cultural movement here, which is there this desire for euthanasia in the first place regardless of whether or not You can enlist doctors into it. Curtis: I have never heard a room full of doctors Say Maybe we just need to say it's okay to let people die by suicide conventional suicideI've never heard that so there's been a shift.

Curtis and guest Dr. Lydia Dugdale talk about life and death issues (literally) that affect every single human being. How do we face death? How can we die well? What are the cultural and medical forces that are leading so many to die poorly? Why are the practices of physican-assisted suicide and euthanasia gaining momentum and acceptance - and why has the Christian pro-life movement missed the deep connection between those practices and abortion?

Dr. Lydia Dugdale is a professor at the Columbia University Medical School and a national leader in medical ethics. She is the author of The Lost Art of Dying.

SHOW NOTES:

Free PDF download of The Lost Art of Dying study guide.

A pilot project in NYC that provides end-of-life resources for church leaders.

An excellent compilation of Christian writing on euthanasia and related end of life issues.

Coverage about Canada’s euthanasia industry in Plough Magazine and the New Atlantis.