title: Ethical issues in the management of geriatric cardiac patients.
abstract: A neurosurgeon takes extraordinary measures to convince family members to act against a hospice patient's express wishes.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
authors.forename: Tien V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Lofty L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Basta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012297:Right to Die; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology