
Of all the courses Asia Madayag took to earn her health sciences degree, a course on medical ethics was the one that shaped her future. She recalls one particularly memorable class in “Ethical Issues in Medical Decision-Making” that included a documentary and discussion of Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act”—a provision that allows physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
“I remember thinking how brave the patients were, and it really touched me,” Madayag said, who earned a bachelor’s from the IU School of Health & Human Sciences in May 2024. “Just seeing how controversial it was and the different arguments that came up, I think it’s the controversy—the working in the gray area of medical ethics—that really draws me to it.” (more…)