Physician-assisted Suicide And Euthanasia Have Been Profound

My Father Always Has Been Attractive Because Of His Energy, Warmth, Charm, And Talent For Finding Some Connection With People From All Cultures And Walks Of Life. He Rarely Observed Social Formalities And Niceties - Something He Has Passed On To His Boys.

Vague Promises Of Savings From Cutting Waste, Enhancing Prevention And Wellness, Installing Electronic Medical Records And Improving Quality Are Merely ‘lipstick’ Cost Control, More For Show And Public Relations Than For True Change... Savings Will Require Changing How Doctors Think About Their Patients: Doctors Take The Hippocratic Oath Too Seriously, “as An Imperative To Do Everything For The Patient Regardless Of The Cost Or Effects On Others.

We Don't Have Enough Solid Organs For Transplantation; Not Enough Kidneys, Livers, Hearts, Lungs. When You Get A Liver And You Have Three People Who Need It, Who Should Get It? We Tried To Come Up With An Ethically Defensible Answer. Because We Have To Choose.

An Obvious Example Is Not Guaranteeing Health Services To Patients With Dementia.

Physician-assisted Suicide And Euthanasia Have Been Profound Ethical Issues Confronting Doctors Since The Birth Of Western Medicine, More Than 2,000 Years Ago.