Sorry Jim, losing friends sucks.
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Originally Posted by glatt
Doctors are trained to keep treating the patient. It's not their job to wonder if they should treat the patient.
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Doctors are bound by oath and law to do everything they can to keep you alive, until somebody tells them to stop. Unless you spell it out clearly ahead of time it's left to spouse/kids who say, For Mom/Dad, of course, do everything possible. They don't want to think about how much suffering Mom/Pop are experiencing by dragging it out. They don't want to be the one to say pull the plug. So Mom/Pop lives a few more months or a year in a miserable state.
Obamacare had a provision to pay doctors to sit down with patients and explain their end of life options and how to guarantee it would happen the way they want. The disloyal opposition screamed, "Death Panels".
I think I posted a chart on what doctors chose for themselves. It was very heavy on pain relief, and very light on extraordinary measures.