title: Disconnecting a ventilator at the request of a patient who knows he will then die: the doctor's anguish.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Tolle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D026822:Ethicists; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010358:Patient Participation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012297:Right to Die; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical; D028761:Withholding Treatment