"When implemented, the Complete Lives system produces a……" — Ezekiel Emanuel
"When implemented, the Complete Lives system produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most substantial chance, whereas the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated… The Complete Lives system justifies preference to younger people because of priority to the worst-off rather than instrumental value."
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33 Quotes by Ezekiel Emanuel
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Over his illustrious career, John Harris has explored the most challenging bioethical questions with insight, engaging wit, and eloquence. In…
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Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost…
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An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.
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You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it,
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By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct…
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Guilt. It comes naturally to me as a Jew and a Liberal.
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Americans tend to endorse the use of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia when the question is abstract and hypothetical.
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I guess, as an Emanuel, I have a voice that carries.
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Medical school education and post graduate education emphasize thoroughness.
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We're all on a continuous journey to try and fix our mistakes and flaws. And, believe me, I've got plenty…
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Anyone who lives in Washington and has an official position viscerally understands the cost of a lack of privacy. Every…
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Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Indeed, parents whose children are vaccinated no longer have…
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