of reversing an illness, or the percentages may be fifty-fifty. Two guidelines are helpful when there is such uncertainty. First, when it is unclear which of the two categories best fits the patient’s condition, and thus which types of care are most appropriate, lean toward the wider range of care. For example, if reversibility is uncertain but quite possible, lean toward curative care, which offers the widest range of care, including symptom care, comfort care, and respect care. If the imminence