title: Terminally ill patients in the emergency department: a practical overview of end-of-life issues.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Services, Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough, Mass., USA. mcclaink@ummhc.org
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McClain
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003693:Delirium / Q000517:prevention & control; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000517:prevention & control; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States