title: Treatment of critical illness in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jennett
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D016223:Advance Directives; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness; D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D016224:Living Wills; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D028761:Withholding Treatment