[Talisker]

Mom and Dad have been fighting for years for this kid, and cannot stop their fighting even when it is for the best

Life is like that, so annoying for the staff.

Thank God we're finally getting to a time where laws will mandate that staff annoyance assessment comes before a family's fight for their child's life.

I mean, is just a matter of obvious, simple resource allocation. I for one can't understand why people don't show a little respect for optimum systems throughout.

[Chickensoup]

I agree that some decisions are about resource allocation, and I am not in support of that.

However sometimes it is just futile care, futile torture. I have watched locked in stroke patients be lab rats for medical students. I have watched dying systems failing patients be lab rats for just one more torturous procedure or medication. Horrific.