Embracing our mortality: hard choices in an age of medical miracles

Putting in writing what you want (and don't want)

What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing"

Facts and statistics

Empathy and the imagination

Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past?

Hoping for a miracle

What could be wrong with hope?

Medical futility

Beyond futility to an ethic of care

Future decisions we may all have to make.

Putting in writing what you want (and don't want)

What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing"

Facts and statistics

Empathy and the imagination

Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past?

Hoping for a miracle

What could be wrong with hope?

Medical futility

Beyond futility to an ethic of care

Future decisions we may all have to make.