title: Assisted death--a compassionate response to a medical failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1315.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D010166:Palliative Care; D012297:Right to Die; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014481:United States