title: The case: a story found and lost.
abstract: This first case in our series presents an elderly patient's encounters with the medical system as chronicled in her medical records.
authors: Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota.
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Miles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D026686:Beneficence; D032764:Casuistry; D032981:Dehumanization; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012945:Social Values; D028761:Withholding Treatment