title: Impossible choices: when patients and careproviders face impossible decisions.
authors.affiliation: Programs in Medical Ethics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Howe
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D016743:Mental Competency; D026706:Paternalism; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D037841:Pregnant People; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D035501:Uncertainty