Death is the stark reality of life. Yet, with the tools of modern medicine, we can now postpone it for a startlingly long time. In the case of patients such as Rasouli, who can no longer speak for themselves, some family members insist that everything medically possible be done to keep them alive. Doctors argue that aggressive interventions can prolong a patient’s suffering—that this puts the doctors themselves in an untenable ethical position. They want the right to decide when it’s time to end life support, and let the patient die.
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