In a fighting dog, the quality that is prized above all others is the willingness to persevere, even in the face of injury and pain.

NEWYORKER: Offensive Play

Patients may decide they would rather leave the half million dollars to their families than spend it on heroic medicine, which may entail a lot of physical pain and suffering, with highly compromised quality of life on the other end at best.

FORBES: The Two Alternatives For Health Care Policy

The net result will be fewer disease-curing or -preventing, pain-reducing, quality-of-life-enhancing medical breakthroughs.

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