It sounds like they did do that though: > He had spoken with her family innumerable times explaining her dismal prognosis, the virtues of palliation and hospic

It sounds like they did do that though: > He had spoken with her family innumerable times explaining her dismal prognosis, the virtues of palliation and hospice care, and the harms of overtreatment. Like many families, anything other than a “full code” meant giving up on their loved one. In the midst of tragedy, changing that mindset, like the code itself, was often an exercise in futility.