title: A physician's lament.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nuland
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States