An Obvious Example Is Not

Doctors Take The Hippocratic Oath Too Seriously, As An Imperative To Do Everything For The Patient Regardless Of The Cost Or Effects On Others

Physician-assisted Suicide And Euthanasia Have Been Profound Ethical Issues Confronting Doctors Since The Birth Of Western Medicine, More Than 2,000 Years Ago.

Reasoning Based On Cost Has Been Strenuously Resisted; It Violated The Hippocratic Oath, Was Associated With Rationing, And Derided As Putting A Price On Life... Indeed, Many Physicians Were Willing To Lie To Get Patients What They Needed From Insurance Companies That Were Trying To Hold Down Costs.

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.

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.