"Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is……" — Alice Dreger
"Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is generally bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for democracy. The only exceptions are when we know the intervention will actually reduce suffering, as with a primary cleft lip repair."
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22 Quotes by Alice Dreger
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I actually completely suck at being a bioethicist. What I do is history of medicine and patient advocacy. Patient advocacy…
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My mother has told so many times the unbelievable story of how, as a toddler, I would demand raw onions…
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I could make a martyrly claim to having been the victim of childhood enslavement when I report that I started…
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When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your…
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Having a child is not like taking a spouse; there is no mutual agreement entered into. It is up the…
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