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what you would mean with "institutionalized perverse incentives" in the case of euthanasia.
by Nomad on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 11:36:45 AM EST
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The medical system itself, and agents within that system, including health care administrators, providers (when they are not compensated in a fee for service format), and taxpayers/insurance-premium-payers, all stand to gain if someone opts for less expensive end-of-life care, which would include assisted suicide, than if someone opted for the more expensive care to prolong one's problematic life.  That's the textbook case of a perverse institutional incentive to encourage someone to die instead of living a while longer.
by santiago on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 12:34:37 PM EST
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