I’m not pinging doctors as much as pointing out that their job has hazards, one of which is assuming the worse.
Somewhat like police officers have a habit of eating their gun when things go south for them. It used to be that it was common when doctors got a terminal diagnosis to give themselves a lethal shot of morphine and call it a day.
I personally prefer the Ambrose Bierce solution, of just taking an extended holiday in rural Mexico, making friends with the locals so that when you go, there is not a lot of fuss. Not really different from a doctor who just decides to let nature take its course, just a step further.
I know some cardiologists who have do not resuscitate necklaces, though it is rare that they end up in such a situation, instead getting something long, slow and chronic that they see coming from a mile away.
Good post...............