title: Death in America: a clinician's perspective.
abstract: In America today, the practices of medicine and law have so interfered with the dying process that death has become a perversion of the natural process. In order to better understand death in American society, this article addresses the moral-ethical issues, individual rights, state regulatory laws, and other medico-legal concerns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care, St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, NY.
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Mendez
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003643:Death; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment