It is stated in the video that "The degree of uncertainty that you have to deal with now as the doctor is hard to describe how much greater it is than it ever was before. Because there is so much innovation and because of how rapidly it evolves there's almost always something else that we can do to put off the inevitable" (Video). The fear of death is clearly seen within this quote due to the constant drive to prevent death of the patient. Another statement to exhibit this fear is when it was said that "The way progress is made, the way advances occur, requires pushing to the very edge and pushing very hard" (Video). Therefore, the drive of the family and the drive of the doctors to prevent the inevitable can relate to the epic due to the fact that these people want to avoid death and the uncertainty that lies with whether or not the patient will be able to
It is stated in the video that "The degree of uncertainty that you have to deal with now as the doctor is hard to describe how much greater it is than it ever was before. Because there is so much innovation and because of how rapidly it evolves there's almost always something else that we can do to put off the inevitable" (Video). The fear of death is clearly seen within this quote due to the constant drive to prevent death of the patient. Another statement to exhibit this fear is when it was said that "The way progress is made, the way advances occur, requires pushing to the very edge and pushing very hard" (Video). Therefore, the drive of the family and the drive of the doctors to prevent the inevitable can relate to the epic due to the fact that these people want to avoid death and the uncertainty that lies with whether or not the patient will be able to