Not like they do today, I think; fighting death used to go hand and hand with respect for a more realistic view of life than many, if not most, Americans have today.
> There seems to be an attitude that, if a patient dies, the doctor must be incompetent.
That's not an attitude... It's a legal doctrine!
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