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There is a question whether the last six months of life are an important factor in escalating health care costs. Among a plethora of papers see, S. Felder, “Cost of Dying: Alternatives to Rationing,” Health Policy 1997; 39(2): 167–176 and E.J. Emanuel, L.L. Emanuel, “The Economics of Dying: The Illusion of Cost Savings at the End of Life,” New England Journal of Medicine, 94; 330(8): 540–544.
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The importance of compassion as a natural trait with which all sentient beings are endowed is emphasized throughout Rousseau’s work. See especially, J.J. Rousseau, The Social Contract and the Discourses, edited and translated by G.D.H. Cole (NY: Every-man’s Library), 1993.
A. Schopenhauer, “Preisschrift über die Grundlagen der Moral,” Arthur Schopenhauer: Kleinere Schriften, Band 111: Arthur Schopenhauer’s sämtliche Werke, edited by Wolfgand Frhr. von Löhneisen (Frankfrut a/M, Deutschland: Suhrkamp Tachenbuch, 1986), p 742.
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