Offensive Medicine: Animated Video Cariacature of End-of-Life Medicine

A great deal of discussion of medical futility focuses on surrogates and on therapy given as a result of defensive medicine.  But the amount of non-beneficial treatment demanded by surrogates pales in comparison to the amount of unwanted interventions foisted onto patients by physicians.  



In other words, there is far more offensive medicine than defensive medicine.  This is colorfully illustrated in this seven-minute Xtranormal video.  [Hat Tip: Pallimed and Happy Hospitalist]