title: The end of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, USA. rmfriede@uci.edu
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Friedenberg
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D010166:Palliative Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care