A part of it is probably the litigation-happy culture in the US itself, the other one is laws that don't seem to include palliative care as an essential and non

A part of it is probably the litigation-happy culture in the US itself, the other one is laws that don't seem to include palliative care as an essential and non-negotiable responsibility of any medical profession. Would this be the case, the ambulance driver would be liable for driving a moribund patient to an ER instead of a hospice against a doctor's order.