Citation

Faria MA. Surg. Neurol. Int. 2015; 6(1).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Medknow Publishing)

DOI

10.4103/2152-7806.152733

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

American bioethicists have been providing persuasive arguments for rationing medical care via the theory of the necessary "rational allocation of finite health care resources." Anticipating the need for the drastic rationing of medical care in the U.S. with the implementation of ObamaCare and assisted by various sectors of organized medicine in league with the State, bioethicists have deduced that more ingenious approaches are necessary to convince Americans who have been accustomed to receiving the best medical care that third-party payers are willing to pay for. It is in this context that the individual-based, patient-oriented ethics of Hippocrates, including his fundamental dictum, "First Do No Harm," have to be supplanted by the utilitarian approach promoted by the bioethicists. And today's foremost proponent of the bioethics movement is Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. This editorial proposes a rational rebuttal to Dr. Emanuel's proposal to limit life expectancy to age 75 as a rational paradigm to a better life.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; human; suicide; depression; medical ethics; life expectancy; euthanasia; health care policy; priority journal; health service; health care planning; retirement; medical care; Bioethics; bioethics; Article; national health organization; medical care rationing; ObamaCare; utilitarianism