The intensive care unit is the place closest to death in the hospital and the last stop in many people's lives. Some lives are about to come to an end, and no matter how advanced medical skills are, there is nothing they can do to save them. If death is destined to be painful, then all doctors do is delay the pain. What else could they do? Did he cut the patient's trachea open even though he knew he couldn't be saved? Risking sternum fractures to perform cardiac compressions on elderly patients? Or do they rely on advanced instruments and various infusions to increase the patient's pain before death? If the patient had a choice, would he let himself leave this world without dignity and suffering? The doctor's responsibility is not to blindly extend the patient's life, but to let them live a quality life and die with dignity.
