Medical Aid in Dying: A Daughter’s Story from Inside the Room

Speak Up For Your Health · Feb 3, 2026 · 34m

A physician-daughter shares what it was like to be in the room when her father chose Medical Aid in Dying. This episode offers a clear, first-person look at how MAID works and what families experience in those final moments.

In this deeply personal and illuminating episode, physician and gastroenterologist Dr. Mandy Powell shares her family’s experience with Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)—also known as Medical Assistance in Dying—through the lens of being both a daughter and a doctor who was in the room when it happened.

Mandy recounts the story of her father, Dr. Ron Gruber, a prominent plastic…