Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Where I came from, just nodding and smiling when someone expressed views was the ultimate insult. If people weren't yelling about politics in our… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it, — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
I'm the son of a pediatrician, and I do believe that the most important resource we have is our kids. And I think the… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
The situation around Terri Schiavo was a deeply held conflict over what to do if someone isn't going to return to consciousness or competence.… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Reasoning based on cost has been strenuously resisted; it violated the Hippocratic Oath, was associated with rationing, and derided as putting a price on… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Having been an oncologist and having cared for scores, if not hundreds, of dying patients, when you don't have a treatment that can shrink… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Our dad hugged us and kissed us so much that some friends and relatives complained that he was going to turn us into sissies… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began her civil… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
The death of a 20-year-old woman is intuitively worse than that of a 2-month-old girl, even though the baby has had less life. The… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all cultures and… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
“Today 60% of workers in the private sector receive their insurance through their employer. I believe that by 2025 fewer than 20% of workers… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Over his illustrious career, John Harris has explored the most challenging bioethical questions with insight, engaging wit, and eloquence. In Enhancing Evolution, Harris does… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
