title: Patients whose final wishes go unsaid put doctors in a bind.
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D018447:Medical Futility; D009519:New York City; D009735:Nursing Homes; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D013727:Terminal Care; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics
keywords: Death and Euthanasia; Popular Approach/Source