How do we prepare now to die well? Can we reimagine care of the dying in all of its messiness as a gift?  Dr. Lydia Dugdale, a medical ethicist, internal medicine doctor, professor, and author of The Lost Art of Dying, talks with Amy Julia Becker about: DisabilityDeathMedical assistance in dyingHonoring all human life as the gift it is without idolizing life__ Guest Bio: “Lydia Dugdale MD, MAR, is the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University. Prior to her 2019 move to Columbia, she was Associate Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics and founding Co-Director of the Program for Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion at Yale School of Medicine. She is an internal medicine primary care doctor and medical ethicist. Her first book, Dying in the Twenty-First Century (MIT Press, 2015), provides the theoretical grounding for this current book. She lives with her husband and daughters in New York City.” __ Connect Online: Website: lydiadugdale.com__ On the Podcast: Book: The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom__ Interview transcript and more: amyjuliabecker.com/lydia-dugdale __ Season 6 of the Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast connects to themes in my latest book, To Be Made Well, which you can order here! Learn more about my writing and speaking at amyjuliabecker.com. __ *A transcript of this episode will be available within one business day on my website, and a video with closed captions will be available on my YouTube Channel. Connect with me: Instagram Facebook Twitter Website Thanks for listening!