title: Terminal care: too painful, too prolonged.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cowley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hager
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018447:Medical Futility; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012297:Right to Die; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States