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A 'Code Death' for Dying Patients. Gary Waters/Getty Images Sadly, but with conviction, I recently removed breathing tubes from three patients in intensive care.

A 'Code Death' for Dying Patients

As an I.C.U. doctor, I am trained to save lives. Yet the reality is that some of my patients are beyond saving. And while I can use the tricks of my trade to keep their bodies going, many will never return to a quality of life that they, or anyone else, would be willing to accept. I was trained to use highly sophisticated tools to rescue those even beyond the brink of death.

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