They are extremely specific and articulate very clearly and thoroughly about what they want and what they do not want. In those cases, to me, it's much easier to do what is right on behalf of them than it is for someone who had an immediate stroke, who never talked about death to their family. This doesn't surprise her. I've tried to ask myself that just as a mental exercise, and I don't know. I just honestly don't know.
Youth is scary.
He can't believe, after feeling so in control of his life, courtroom and destiny, that death applies to him. Physicians such as Bauer and medical ethics teachers across the nation want people to consider death before Ilyich did, before it's on the doorstep. It's a matter of responsibility. Yes, the doctor has the responsibility to bring this up, to open the door, and then be responsive. Too clinical, detached, confusing.