we need specific legal protection for professionals who honor their patients endoflife decisions and follow bestpractice standards for managing endoflife agonies vigilantes in scrubs be a thinking active participating person in your familys health care do your homework trust your gut instinct ask questions even if you feel uncomfortable doing so how active should we be in our own medical care what duty might you perform today that would make you as mark twain says agreeable with yourself there is great power to be found in doing the thing you dont want to do if we recognize that our lifestyles and beliefs are continuously shifting beneath our feet why does it remain elusive for us as a species to proactively envision and create a frame for peace health and wellbeing for our planet and its inhabitants the map is not the territory