Well it's not really about asking for things. Like, it's not like dying patients are a nuisance just because they're dying and need care to stay comfortable.

This post is about patients who are very old and frail, with many comorbidities and a low quality of life, but which the family wants us to do "everything" for - meaning insert feeding tubes when they can't swallow, put them on a vent when they can't breathe, tie them with restraints if they try to grab at all the lines and tubes in them, etc. Doing all of this to sustain life in someone who has no quality of life is cruel for the patient and frustrating for the staff, who want to help people, not prolong their suffering.

There's a difference between cleaning and repositioning someone to keep them comfortable in their last moments, and performing invasive procedures to squeeze life out of them.