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    It is not the case that The category 'terminal illness' is historically contingent: conditions once deemed fatal (e.g., certain cancers, HIV) became treatable through medical advance.

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    • 1.'Terminal' denotes prognosis absent intervention, not absolute biological state. That prognosis can change doesn't make the category contingent—only applications of it.
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    • 2.Some conditions remain fatal despite medical advances (e.g., pancreatic cancer, ALS). Their persistent terminality under current care suggests non-contingent features.
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    • 3.Distinguishing between what's treatable and what's not serves essential clinical and ethical functions regardless of historical shifts in specific diagnoses.
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    • 1.Medical definitions of disease prognosis depend on current treatment capacity, which varies across time and context, not fixed biological facts.
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    • 2.Historical evidence shows categories like 'incurable' applied to tuberculosis, diabetes, and leukemia were later invalidated by therapeutic breakthroughs.
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    • 3.If a condition becomes treatable, retrospectively calling it 'terminal' reflects outdated knowledge, suggesting the category tracked human capability, not essence.
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