Lydia Dugdale on the Lost Art of Dying

EconTalk

Library of Economics and Liberty

Ethics, Philosophy, Economics, Books, Science, Business, Courses, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Interviews, Education, History

4.7 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Physician and author Lydia Dugdale wants to teach us a better way to die. She argues that this will help us find a better way to live. Listen as she discusses her book, The Lost Art of Dying, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:13.0	Institution.
0:14.0	Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links down
0:18.6	the information related to today's conversation.
0:21.6	You'll also find our archives, but every episode we've done going back to 2006.
0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:29.8	We'd love to hear from you.
0:37.8	Today is June 13, 2023.
0:38.8	My guest is physician and author Lydia Dougdale.
0:42.8	She's the Dorothy Allen Daniel H. soberburg associate, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University,
0:47.8	Bachelor of College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director of the Center for Clinical
0:53.4	Medical Ethics, her latest book, which is the subject of today's episode is the lost
0:58.8	art of dying, reviving forgotten wisdom.
1:02.1	Lydia, welcome to econ talk.
1:03.4	Thanks so much, Russ, for having me.
1:06.4	You're a doctor and you've seen a decent amount of death.
1:11.4	Why don't you write this book?
1:14.4	Yeah, for several reasons.
1:16.6	That's a great question.
1:18.0	So as a young doctor and even as a medical student making my way through the hospital, I witnessed
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Library of Economics and Liberty, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Library of Economics and Liberty and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.