<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:nvitamore@austin.rr.com">nvitamore@austin.rr.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:nvitamore@austin.rr.com">nvitamore@austin.rr.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:40 PM<br>Subject: <br>To: <a href="mailto:stefano.vaj@gmail.com">stefano.vaj@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>Stefano, please forward this to the list, as I am out of my study and<br>
cannot post from this email address:<br>
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Sefano writes:<br>
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<<The truth is that medicine, irrespective of any possible future posthuman<br>
change, has *never* been "sustainable", and might never be, and does not<br>
really make sense from a strictly utilitarian point of view. At any time in<br>
history, resources were disproportionally devoted to treat and heal patients<br>
"at all costs" which would have much more "effectively" and "efficiently"<br>
devoted to saving human lives (e.g., from death from starvation), or<br>
avoiding pain, otherwise.<br>
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On the other hand, traditional medical ethics provides for an investment and<br>
an effort in principle unlimited on *the single patient at hand*,<br>
irrespective of "economic" considerations on the ideal utilitarian<br>
allocation of resources. And this - besides having produced a substantial<br>
progress in the state of the art that may be considered as an end per se by<br>
some of us - is something that few people, and doctors, seems ready to waive<br>
and surrender.>><br>
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The future of medicine, for the not too distant future, is "regenerative."<br>
(I have a paper coming out in a book which is currently heading to the<br>
publishing house in the UK on this topic.)<br>
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But regenerative medicine does not solve all the problems that will ensue.<br>
These problems will be socio-political, but perhaps more of a worldwide<br>
issue of distribution, as Buckminister so often wrote and spoke about.<br>
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Natasha<br>
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