In 1873, there were a couple of hundred hospitals in the United States. By the 19 teens, there were more than 6000. The Canadian government reported that more than 1700 people who were euthanized that year. More than 10,000 euthanized in 2021 in Canada. We can treat loneliness many ways but you know physician assisted killing is not way we want to do that.
Physician and author Lydia Dugdale wants to teach us a better way to die. She argues that this will help us find a better way to live. Listen as she discusses her book, The Lost Art of Dying, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.