Explain the idea of a technological imperative in medicine

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Questions:

1. Explain the idea of a technological imperative in medicine and discuss its role in contributing to the medicalization of death.

2. Explain the distinction between quantitative futility and qualitative futility, then illustrate this distinction by providing an example of each.

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