Commentary: Why you should make end-of-life care decisions now
Modern medicine has developed the God-like power to stabilize the vital signs that spiral out of control as a person approaches death, and to then keep that person alive despite their inability to breathe, eat or drink. It wields this power liberally.
But the American healthcare system never taught the public that preventing a natural death often results in a wholly unnatural life.
As an ICU nurse, I am haunted by memories of patients who were stabilized in intensive care so that their catastrophic injuries or diseases did not kill
