title: Elective use of life-sustaining treatments in internal medicine.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegler
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D003363:Cost Control; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008020:Life Support Care; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment