Doctors die. It's not like the rest of us, but it should be (2016)

# Summary Retired doctor Ken Murray argues that physicians routinely refuse aggressive end-of-life treatments for themselves that they administer to other dying patients, choosing instead to focus on comfort and quality of life. Doctors understand medicine's limitations and fear dying in pain or alone, leading many to request "no code" status and avoid futile, expensive interventions like CPR and ICU treatments that prolong suffering without meaningful benefit. Murray suggests this disparity highlights how ordinary patients often receive unnecessary and harmful medical procedures simply because alternatives aren't adequately discussed.