"Vaccines are the most cost-effective health care interventions there are. A dollar spent on a childhood vaccination not only helps save a life, but greatly reduces spending on future healthcare."
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Ezekiel Emanuel, born on September 6, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, is a prominent American oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy expert known for his influential work in healthcare reform and ethics. As a key architect of the Affordable Care Act, Emanuel's insights have shaped policies that prioritize equitable access to healthcare. He serves as the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and is a prolific author, advocating for innovative approaches to health and medicine, leaving a lasting legacy on public health discourse.
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"There's nothing to be gained, and much to be lost, in trying to bend every child to match a one-size-fits-all notion of what it means to be a boy or girl of a specific age. Better to set a few parameters and then go with the flow. Call it 'jazz parenting.'"
Ezekiel Emanuel
"Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia."
Ezekiel Emanuel"On any given day, my father wasn't likely to return from work before I was asleep for the night. I saw that a man's work was important, that he must pursue it tirelessly, and that it might require certain sacrifices, like being away from the warmth and comfort of home."
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"The situation around Terri Schiavo was a deeply held conflict over what to do if someone isn't going to return to consciousness or competence. Who will decide? Even there, where we had settled legal rules, we still had disagreement. We're torn about these things."
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