The life of all people, strong or weak, good or bad, honest or dishonest, rich or poor, is a passage, a moment, a winding path full of obstacles and moments of joy alternated moments of pain and misery. Each one of us, in our acts of everyday life, often forget the true meaning of our brief existence, making us ridiculously overwhelmed by problems and dissatisfaction with perennial. Only in moments of despair or when we hear stories like Eluana, a young woman in a clinical condition of vegetative state since 1992 after a serious car accident, we happen to reflect on the true meaning of our existence and restore her dignity and importance. In recent days there has been much talk, sometimes with no shame and indecency, the Court of Cassation on the case Englaro. They handled the church organizations, talk shows, journalists, politicians and so-called "Pro-life" against the wishes and feelings of the poor father, who dedicated his life for his daughter. The truth is that Eluana unfortunately no longer there, his soul is dead 16 years ago and his body is in a vegetative state, unconscious and emotions, fueled and sustained artificially. Englaro family after years of struggles and false hopes, has expressed a desire to end suffering, to their conscience and ethics that can not be universal and equal for everyone, but the silence must be respected. The story of Eluana should also make us reflect on the meaning and role of science. Despite medical advances that have allowed an increase in life expectancy at present, the information world is always looking for sensational news and discoveries that will save us from aging and chronic diseases and / or degenerative, or that we will miraculous awakenings, feeding false hopes. Medicine currently has a task that can not be the discovery of the serum of eternity, but to restore dignity to life. The true end of modern medical science is not to give years to life, but life to years.
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