A bioethicist says no:
“Death seems more tragic when a child or young adult dies than an elderly person — not because the lives of older people are less valuable, but because the younger person has not had the opportunity to live and develop through all stages of life,” Drs. Ezekiel Emanuel and Alan Wertheimer wrote for today’s issue of the journal Science.






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