title: How physicians deal with their own impending death.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Ky.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Engelberg
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Noble
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010551:Personality; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*