It's bizarre that so few seem to question whether they should actually be helping these people.  Like, really, why not at least ask whether it might be better to just let this one or that one die?  Your job isn't automatically a moral good just because it directly and in the short term aims to prolong life and protect health.  I mean you might still have to do it for the money, but...  a lot of these patients are basically trying to kill themselves.  Why would you automatically, unquestioningly think it was good to stand in their way, when you know that nearly all of them will be right back at it as soon as they leave? That "compassion" of theirs scares me a bit.  It's a nice thing, but it smells of madness.