In reality, the relationship between the living and the dead has its own drama in the U.S. healthcare system, where decisions about how long to stretch the thread of life are made based on our emotional and social ties with the people around us, not just on medicine's ability to prolong life.
在实际中，活人和死人之间的关系 在美国医疗保健系统中有它自己的戏剧性， 在决定到底将生命这根线拉多长时 是根据我们的情感 和与我们周围人的社会纽带， 不只是基于医学延长生命的能力。