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> [“Our health care approaches squander billions on extravagant treatment regimes that end up accomplishing little, as a society we refuse to adopt the small, even tiny adjustments that could easily reduce the clawing uncertainties that now degrade millions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-martensen/our-health-care-approaches-squander-billions-on-extravagant-treatment/)

Robert Martensen

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## Other authors on End-of-life-care

## More by Robert Martensen

> [“Our health care approaches squander billions on extravagant treatment regimes that end up accomplishing little, as a society we refuse to adopt the small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-martensen/our-health-care-approaches-squander-billions-on-extravagant-treatment/)

Robert Martensen

> [“There is one essential requirement for being close with a dying person: the letting go of self-concern.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-martensen/there-is-one-essential-requirement-for-being-close-with-a-dying/)

Robert Martensen

> [“It costs about the same to house a maximum-security young adult prisoner for a year as it does to send his law-abiding counterpart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-martensen/it-costs-about-the-same-to-house-a-maximum-security-young-adult/)

Robert Martensen

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