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The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

Christiaan Barnard

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Christiaan Barnard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 8
Died: 2001
Died: September 2
Cardiac Surgeon
Physician
Physician Writer
Surgeon
Writer
Christiaan Neethling Barnard
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Suffering
Science
Prolongs
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Life
Alleviate
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