Brent Richardson, APRN

Brent is a proponent of Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) because he believes that a human being should have the right to control, as much as possible, how they live and how they die. He has spent his career as a critical care and palliative care provider assisting patients and their loved ones as they grapple with end-of-life decision making. When someone is dying or confronting a terminal illness, suffering and quality of life are among the most common factors mentioned and assessed in the calculus of living and dying.

Brent’s hope is that MAiD can be an option for residents of New Hampshire as a means for self-determination at the end of life, if suffering becomes a burden greater than the desire to live. He wants to have this legal option for himself, his family, his patients, and his fellow citizens, just as our neighbors in Maine and Vermont. Brent recently completed a fellowship in Bioethics at Harvard University and chairs his hospital’s Ethics Committee. Brent lives in Chester.