The author of the paper is Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D, oncologist and bioethicist. At the time he wrote the paper, he was the director of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. Today, he works in the Obama administration. As many readers have heard, Emanuel, the brother of Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, has become a political pià ±ata. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.