Terminal trajectory: compassion, comfort, and dignity.
D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012297:Right to Die; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D035761:Wedge Argument; D028761:Withholding Treatment