The dilemma of balancing health system costs against individual expectations for health and life expectancy
There are two voices in this room. One says, “Just at this point in time, I feel that life has sufficient interest for me to keep going, full bore, whatever it may cost”. The other replies, “There will come a time, if I am allowed to make a choice, that I may change my mind and say ‘just let me drift off into the aether’”.
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