title: Insights pertaining to patient assessments of states worse than death.
authors: Northwest Ethics Center for Veterans Health Care, Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Pearlman
authors: K C
authors: KC
authors: Cain
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Patrick
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Appelbaum-Maizel
authors: H E
authors: HE
authors: Starks
authors: N S
authors: NS
authors: Jecker
authors: R F
authors: RF
authors: Uhlmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000368:Aged; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D012803:Sick Role; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D026712:Value of Life