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That is to say, memories take hold to the extent that they are--if one wants to use the word--"instrumental" for some purpose.
Perhaps Gawande's own prejudices are showing when he simply assumes that the elderly or terminally ill, in wishing to escape from constant pain or degeneration through suicide, are--if not actually addicted or mentally ill--then "obviously" irrational.