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Clinician’s Perspective: Disrupting Death with Dr. Stefanie Green
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“Assisted dying has really opened the door, not just to dying, but to living.”
In this episode Kathy and Keri speak with Dr. Stefanie Green, author of the book “This is Assisted Dying.” Dr. Green sheds light on how Canadian clinicians are engaging thoughtfully with medical assistance in dying
Trigger warning: Themes of death, dying and suicide
Dr. Stefanie Green spent 10 years in general practice and another 12 years working exclusively in maternity and newborn care before changing her focus in 2016 to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Dr. Green is the co-founder and immediate past president of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) and co-lead of its Canadian MAiD Curriculum Project. She is a medical advisor to the BC Ministry of Health MAiD oversight committee, moderator of CAMAP’s national online community of practice, and has hosted several national conferences on the topic. Beyond her clinical practice, she frequently speaks about MAiD to a wide range of audiences locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Green is clinical faculty at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria and, most recently, is the author of the internationally bestselling book THIS IS ASSISTED DYING, a memoir about her first year providing assisted dying in Canada.
You can buy Stefanie's book “This is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story Of Empowering Patients At The End Of Life ” here: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/this-is-assisted-dying-a-doctors-story-of-empowering-patients-at-the-end-of-life/9781668004784.html#algoliaQueryId=eec2e9f06791a9b090d975b5e7eaa46d
You can watch Stefanie's TedxTalk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvDpE0g7arY&themeRefresh=1
Music for Disrupting Death was created by the ever lovely Sarah McInnis. Sarah is a music therapist, a songwriter, a multi-instrumentalist and End-of-Life Doula. In 2021, Sarah began The Legacy Song Project, writing original songs for folks at the end-of-life, and for folks who have lost loved ones. To learn more about Sarah, visit her website https://sarahmcinnis.com
This episode of Disrupting Death was edited by Sadie Mallon.
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