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> [Money spent on vegetative patients is money not spent on preventive care, such as flu shots and mammograms. Each night in an ICU bed for such patients is a night that another patient with a genuine prognosis for recovery is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/money-spent-on-vegetative-patients-is-money-not-spent-on-preventive/)

[Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/)

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> [“Meanwhile, a crowd was starting to form around my bed, patients and employees alike, and I wasn’t sure I liked the feel of that either. “Is this what it’s really like?” I asked all of them. “Just a crowd of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-monroe/meanwhile-a-crowd-was-starting-to-form-around-my-bed-patients-and/)

[Max Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-monroe/)

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