For the very elderly, however, most agree the usual tough love of modern medicine in all its hospital-based, medication-obsessed, high-tech impersonality may hurt more than it helps.

• 对很多高龄老人来说，他们还难以割舍以医院为基础的现代医疗，然而却饱受药物困扰，客观来说，高技术对身体造成的损害远甚于它带来的帮助。