Describe symbolism in On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

In our technological age, we have become desensitized to the needs and feelings of patients, focusing more on saving their lives with medicine, machines and equipment than taking into account the human being. "He may cry for rest, peace, and dignity, but he will get infusions, transfusions, a heart machine, or tracheotomy if necessary." Kubler Ross suggests this mad, depersonalized rush to save lives may be symbolic of our defensiveness about death, and a way to repress the anxieties we feel around terminal illness—denial of impending death and placing our faith in machines rather than people.