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This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of medically prolonging life. An argument in favor of prolonging life is given. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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by no means immune to the march of history. As the primary application of medical intervention in Western society moves away from curing diseases to preventing diseases and promoting superior
quality of life, life spans are increasing accordingly. This raises certain critical concerns for the medical community as a whole. In a field where resources are already spread thin, what
is the proper response to take when patients are living longer and theres an increasing number of competitors for those limited resources? Moreover, the specific use of medical intervention to
prolong life is a controversial topic with many dimensions worth considering. However, there are many compelling reasons to accept and promote the use of medical technology to prolong life.
This paragraph helps the student define what it means to "prolong life" in the sense of the paper. In order to make an effective argument for the use of technology
to prolong life, it is firstly important to carefully define what the phrase "prolong life" means in the context of this argument. Certainly, there is an important distinction to be
drawn between the prolonging of a healthy active life through medical intervention, and the prolonging of a painfully incapacitated life. This distinction was the source of controversy in the nationally
famous story of Terri Schiavo, a woman who suffered cardiac arrest that inhibited blood flow to her brain, and entered a "persistent vegetative state" where she was kept alive via
mechanical intervention for some fifteen years (Neville, 2006). Schiavos parents sought to continue prolonging her life medically, while her husband wanted to allow Schiavo to die a "natural" death (Neville,
2006). The reason this case was so compelling is that one of the primary arguments used against the prolonging of life by medicine is that one is consuming resources and
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