As Bennett would not benefit from remaining alive, she regarded this as a waste. She was concerned, too, about the health care workers who would have to care for her: “Nurses, who thought they were embarked on a career that had great meaning, find themselves perpetually changing my diapers and reporting on the physical changes of an empty husk.”
因为贝内特无法从自己的余生中获益，她认为这样做是在浪费资源。她还担心那些将要照顾她的医护人员：“那些憧憬着职业生涯的意义走上岗位的护士发现她们永远在为我更换尿布，并不断报告一具躯壳的物理改变。”用她的话讲，这样的情形“可笑、浪费而且有失公允。”