Here is a counter-example. Dr Michael DeBakey, pioneering cardiac surgeon, suffered an aortic dissection at the age of 98 and refused surgery until the decision

Here is a counter-example. Dr Michael DeBakey, pioneering cardiac surgeon, suffered an aortic dissection at the age of 98 and refused surgery until the decision was made for him by the hospital's ethics committee. Fortunately the surgery was successful and he went back to practice medicine after a lengthy recovery process. From what I could gather he was pretty please with the outcome. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61223-4/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/health/25surgeon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/health/25surgeon.html