title: Boy Scouts for Henry.
abstract: "Can we do anything for you?" The question was embarrassing. Henry had been poked and prodded and preserved far beyond his wishes. In a medical system that scorns comfort care, a resident physician is troubled by the case of an elderly man with poor quality of life. An awkward attempt at a Boy Scout service project emphasizes how poorly we comfort the terminally ill despite modern technology and interventionalism.
authors.affiliation: St Mark's Family Medicine, Utah HealthCare Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah 84124, USA. rallen@utahhealthcare.org
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012297:Right to Die; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics*