title: Withholding or withdrawing dialysis: some ethical considerations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Toronto Hospital (Western Division), Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Oreopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018447:Medical Futility; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence