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The unexpected gifts of medical aid in dying | Taffy Field | TEDxDirigo
TEDx Talks· 2026-05-17 13:30
[applause and cheering] [applause] In 2015, my husband Elliot was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He had a tremor in his left leg, so slight that most of us couldn't notice it. But the next day he turned to me and he said, "I want to decide the end of my life." And suddenly I was afraid.I was afraid that Elliott, who had loved being alive with every fiber of his being, would take matters into his own hands to protect us from being accompllices in his death, and to ensure that no one tried to talk him ou ...