>It’s not clear all that care improves how long or how well people live. Patients receiving aggressive medical care at the end of life don’t seem to live any lo

>It’s not clear all that care improves how long or how well people live. Patients receiving aggressive medical care at the end of life don’t seem to live any longer, and some work suggests a less aggressive approach buys more time. This one bothers me as a Canadian. As everyone knows, we have a strained socialized medical system with long waiting lists. How many resources are tied up futilely attempting to stave off the death of people who, for lack of a better term, "have no chance"? Meanwhile, it's pretty hard for us to get anticipatory or preventative care. I can count on one hand the times I've spoken to a doctor.