A terminally ill patient lies in the intensive care unit; there is hardly any hope left. When should or may life-sustaining measures be discontinued? Who should make this decision? Is there a right to life at any cost? What do the relatives have to say? Should factors like bed occupancy play a role? These sensitive questions confront treatment teams in the daily practice of intensive medical care and nursing. Technological advancements in intensive care and neonatology have led to a narrowing gap between saving lives and prolonging suffering in recent years. Structured decision-making processes allow for fair, patient-centered, and consensus-oriented decisions in these difficult situations. In this book, professionals from medicine and nursing, philosophy and ethics, law and sociology describe the high ethical demands of decision-making in intensive care and present possible solutions to the questions raised.