Revisiting the debate around euthanasia

The World

A new film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar called “The Room Next Door” has rekindled the debate around euthanasia and how and when it’s used around the world. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with University of Utah medical ethicist Margaret Battin, the author of “Ending Life:  Ethics and the Way We Die.”

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