Nowadays, people symphatise the sick rather than taking prevention?

There's also such a thing as goong ridiculously far in the other direction. My brother was terminally ill, primarily from cancer but also diabetes complications. They told me that morning they doubted he'd live through the night. I asked him if there was anything I could do or bring him that he would enjoy (because he sure wasn't enjoying much). I went to the local diner that made the best milkshakes but when I returned with it, the nurse literally forbade me to give it to him. "You don't know hiw much sugar is in one of those!"'"Actually, I do. He is [b][i]dying[/i][/b]. What difference can it possibly make?"

She was adamant so I went to another room, bought a cup of soda, dumped it out, poured in the milkshake and a few sips of that was the last thing my brother enjoyed. He died the next afternoon.