And so I faced the music. I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon going through the case with the chief and Jackson. I was fierce when I debated my point of view on the "Not For Resuscitation" orders from the patient. I truly believed what I did was right – even though the best option would have been to repair the iatrogenic cause of the bleeding. However, that would be going against the patient's wishes and prolonging her death. An extra thirty minutes of artificial ventilation until her body gave up was not a lot to ask for, I thought.
The chief and Jackson surprisingly did not disagree with me. I was told that in these situations, it was ethically difficult to judge what was right or what was wrong. If someone truly believed what they were doing was the right thing and it w
