My guest in this episode is Johnna Wellesley. Johnna is a PhD Candidate in Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas, Medical Branch. She is interested in the ethical, cultural, legal, and emotional aspects of medicine and focuses on the presence of shame and stigma in the dying and the dead. Her recent commentary, "Autonomy requires more curiosity less deference to risk" is published in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
