Who should receive ventilators in a critical situation when there are not enough for everyone? Should relatives be told the cause of death if the patient asked for it to be kept secret? Is it acceptable to authorize operations that intentionally mutilate a person if that person wants it? On these and many other issues—ethically and medically complicated—the author reflects, inviting readers to think as well. Moreover, not in the abstract, but in the context of the laws and morality that we all live by. The text is supplemented with comments by Russian medical lawyer Angelina Romanovskaya.