privilege

Illustrations © Barbara J Holzapfel

Privilege: an invisible package of unearned assets.
- Peggy McIntosh

As we know, privilege plays a major role on the availability of quality education, which provides increased opportunity for higher income, better housing, and superior medical care.

Higher education was associated with increased utilization of the interdisciplinary palliative care unit until at the end of life.
- The journal of Palliative Medicine, J Palliat Med. 2012 Aug; 15(8): 902–909. 

doi:  10.1089/jpm.2011.0437

Is it not the responsibility of the privileged to ensure compassionate, and quality end of life care to all?