Events
Making Sense of Physician-Assisted Suicide
A lecture by Dr. Lydia Dugdale (Columbia University)
When:
February 12, 2026 | 12:00 PM CST
Location:
Eskind Biomedical Library, 2209 Garland Ave, Nashville, TN 37240
Chapter:
Vanderbilt University
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Dr. Lydia Dugdale is the Silberberg Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University in New York City. As a medical doctor and ethicist, she cares for patients, consults on complex ethical issues in the hospital, and teaches medical trainees and undergraduate students. Her scholarly work focuses on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, the need to prepare well for death, and questions of moral injury and human flourishing. She is author of the book THE LOST ART OF DYING: REVIVING FORGOTTEN WISDOM (HarperOne, 2020) and is currently writing a book on hope.