"In my unit...if you are on life support...you can't die unless I let you, and you will die when I say so…" How have we come to this?

In response to Beyda's question about a physician's duty, a pre-med student says it is to save lives. Beyda responds: "Nowhere in the Hippocratic Oath does it say it's your job to save lives... By the time you're a third-year medical student in my program...we will slap you around 180 degrees from there." Why? And what is a physician's duty?

As a doctor "You have no right to take your personal value judgment to the bedside." What does an ethical consultant offer physicians and patients?

"The very young and the very old are relatively easy to make decisions for. It is young people like yourselves...where it's very difficult..." Why? And is there any solution?

If you as a patient want to die, "Just because I don't put a gun to your head ...doesn't mean physician-assisted suicide is ruled out." Beyda believes he and other doctors assist in death daily. How so?

On HMOs: "I'll give you an actual case. We get a 3-month-old, full code, sudden infant death." The emergency team revives the child. Then comes a call from the insurance company ... Guess what?