Each of us has only one life, we'd give just about anything to save our own life or that of a loved one. Dr. Judah Folkman, who has pioneered this new approach, has been bombarded with phone calls. He recently canceled a public appearance for fear that the inevitable media circus would generate even more premature hopes. Dr. Larry Norton, a leading cancer specialist in New York, received a call from a very ill, desperate, and rich cancer patient. After all, money buys just about everything else.
Money buys safe neighborhoods, good schools, and first class plane tickets.
Money buys respect, or at least a reasonable simulation of respect. Try slipping the head waiter a twenty. Ah, how very nice to see you again, Mr. Kuttner. But consider the paradox. Money buys just about everything else, yet we intuitively believe that life itself should not be for sale.