Also in the US, I had a similar 'awakening' if you will after being at the side of a loved one for a little over two years of intensive medical intervention. I

Also in the US, I had a similar 'awakening' if you will after being at the side of a loved one for a little over two years of intensive medical intervention. I've been left quite bitter and ultimately distrustful about where things stand today. That said I do recognize that I have the advantage of not making life and death decisions and have no idea what its like to weigh the advantages of innovation against the risk of untimely death or significant impairment/expense that comes with advancing the frontiers of medicine.