Through the Valley of Shadows: Living Wills, Intensive Care, and Making Medicine HumanHospital intensive care units have changed when and how we die and not always for the better. The ICU is a new world, one in which once fatal diseases can be cured and medical treatments greatly enhance our chances of full recovery. But, paradoxically, these places of physical healing can exact a terrible toll, and by focusing on technology rather than humanity, they too often rob the dying of their dignity. By some accounts, the expensive medical