I'm thrilled to announce that White Coat, Black Art has been selected as winner in the category 'Excellence in Radio Reporting - in depth' for the 2011 Canadian Medical Association Media Awards for Heath Reporting. 

We won for our two part series 'Will to Die', a penetrating look at assisted suicide from the point of view of Nagui Morcos, an extraordinarily courageous man with Huntington's disease (HD).  In his thought-provoking interview, Nagui reflects on the impacting of watching his own father die of HD, and how that has informed his desire to end his own life at a time of his own choosing, some time in the future. 

If you haven't listened to the shows, click on the links below.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank producer Kent Hoffman and senior producer Jean Kim for their amazing efforts to bring this show to the air.  And I especially want to thank Nagui Morcos for telling his story.  And, congratulations to all of the 2011 CMA Media Award winners.

Will to Die Part 1

Will to Die Part 2