Americans tend to endorse the use of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia when the question is abstract and hypothetical.

I guess, as an Emanuel, I have a voice that carries.

An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.

We're all on a continuous journey to try and fix our mistakes and flaws. And, believe me, I've got plenty of them.

We had a big controversy in the United States when there was a limited number of dialysis machines. In Seattle, they appointed what they called a 'God committee' to choose who should get it, and that committee was eventually abandoned. Society ended up paying the whole bill for dialysis instead of having people make those decisions.

Anyone who lives in Washington and has an official position viscerally understands the cost of a lack of privacy. Every dinner - especially ones with a journalist in attendance - is preceded by the mandatory, 'This is off the record.' But everyone also knows, nothing is really 'off the record.

Medical school education and post graduate education emphasize thoroughness.