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Jun 3, 2026
#248 A Day in the Life of a Death Doula – Vanessa Johnston, End-of-Life Doula
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Vanessa JohnstonGUEST
So right now, uh, medical aid and dying in this country is legal in 14 States.

Vanessa JohnstonGUEST
So, uh, And it is basically about allowing people who qualify the decision and the ability to take medications that will end their life.

Vanessa JohnstonGUEST
So it's very different from places like Canada, where they have more euthanasia and injection or places like Switzerland, that kind of thing.

Vanessa JohnstonGUEST
In this country, it is a powdered medication that is mixed and has to be self-administered.

Diane HullettHOST
Maid or a sudden death is obviously different, but maid is in essence a kind of a sudden death, right? And so I've been so curious, you've been present at a lot of maid deaths, if there is some sense of that unwinding or If families are able to sort of sit with it and be in the space that happens after a maid death, or does everybody kind of rush and say, OK, well, that was done and she or he planned it and we did it and now we're boom, let's move on, you know, because there's something about that spaciousness that I think is incredible around the end of life.