The Story Of Physician Assisted Death In America

Anthropologist Anita Hannig spent the last five years learning everything she could about medically assisted death in the United States. She talked to doctors, patients, caregivers and lawmakers. She stood with families as they said goodbye to their loved ones. She learned about the medications used to hasten death and the ways laws were structured to build in safeguards against abuses. She joins Diane to discuss her new book, "The Day I Die.”