one Board member....an Emmanuel
Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD, received her PhD from University College, London, and her MD from Harvard. She worked in General Medicine, Public Health and Ethics in Boston prior to becoming the first Director of the Ethics Institute at the American Medical Association. Now Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Buehler Center on Aging at Northwestern University, Dr. Emanuel is an eminent authority on ethics and medical practice in palliative care.
Raul’s sister?
yep....Linda and Ezekiel
Understanding Economic and Other Burdens of Terminal Illness:
The Experience of Patients and Their Caregivers
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD; Diane L. Fairclough, DPH; Julia Slutsman, BA; and
Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD
Background: Terminal illness imposes substantial burdens—
economic and otherwise—on patients and caregivers.
The cause of these burdens is not understood.
Objective: To determine the mechanism for economic
and noneconomic burdens of terminal illne
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http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/132/6/451.pdf