For what? Making the point that heroic measures aren’t always the best option? There’s a reason doctors are among the last people to use heroic measures themselves, they’ve seen the outcomes and know what happens. There are things you can’t fix and trying to fix them will only make them worse (and in the US system maybe bankrupt your family). Sometimes the answer is you’re going to die no matter what, it’s fine to go down fighting but it’s also fine to accept it and go from there.
He doesn’t really criticize her but he points out what needs to be acknowledged, sometimes you can’t win and when that happens palliative care can be the best option for both the family and the patient.
On a side note we just moved my father into a hospice last week, a cure would have been preferable but that wasn’t an option, instead we’ve been able to make the past year as comfortable as we could.
