What factors would influence your thought process early in the decision-making; why did the doctors proceed with the treatment?

Question 1: What factors would influence your thought process early in the decision-making; why did the doctors proceed with the treatment? Comment on the nurse’s statement “there’s a lot of waste.” Provide your concluding thoughts. (Locate the following article: Intensive Care: One Patient, 34 Days In the Hospital, a Bill For $5.2 Million — He Had Internal Bleeding; Doctors at Duke Spared No Effort to Control It — A Missing $7,000 Syringe. By Ron Winslow. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Aug 2, 2001. pg. A.1 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB996691735692484805).)