"Having a choice in the matter may itself provide comfort to a terminally ill person."
Cindy L. Cain is a Center faculty associate and author of a Center policy brief on California's new law that allows a terminally ill patient with six months left to live to take a lethal dose of medication to hasten death. In this brief interview, Cain discusses lack of awareness about the law, problems having an end-of-life talk with a doctor, and more.