Podcasts Government Island Conversations Island Conversations #41 -- Medical Aid in Dying, with Dr Norm Goody and Dr Charlotte Charfen

Island Conversations #41 -- Medical Aid in Dying, with Dr Norm Goody and Dr Charlotte Charfen

Published: Nov. 10, 2019, 4:14 p.m.

In January, 2019, the Medical Aid in Dying law, went into effect in Hawaii, and is formally called the Our Care Our Choice Act.  What is it?  It allows terminally ill patients with a six-month or less prognosis to go through a process to obtain medication to end their life.  Dr. Norm Goody and Dr. Charlotte Charfen talk with host Sherry Bracken about how the process works. Air date:  November 10, 2019