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This editorial discusses the philosophical obstacles and opportunity costs associated with quality-of-life-directed care in medicine.
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This editorial discusses the philosophical balance between aspirations, reality, and opportunity costs in medical care.
A spirations have no limit, barring reality. The obstacles imposed by reality to temper aspirations can be divided into 3 categories. First are those obstacles that are not negotiable (eg, 24 hours in a day, we all must die). Second are those that are negotiable, easily or with difficulty, but come at an acceptable opportunity cost. Such obstacles often are the foundation of aspirations and inspirations alike; examples of achievements in medicine and elsewhere overcoming them are too numerous to illustrate. Third are those that are negotiable but come only at a high opportunity cost. Here, the devil really does lie in the details, because the definition of opportunity cost is not absolute; hence, the debate.
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Butler et al. (2011) reported an editorial. This editorial discusses the philosophical obstacles and opportunity costs associated with quality-of-life-directed care in medicine.
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