But what she did not like about her job was the way she and her colleagues, with their drugs and machines, forced some suffering people to be alive for many months. People who chose ICU care did not realize this could happen, she believed. Death was not always the enemy, she felt, especially when somebody was elderly. She thought that most of her patients did not want the high-tech care that their families wanted for them. The effect of ICU treatment on quality of life should be considered.
