title: Discontinuing life support: whose call?
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care Service, Wellmont Health Systems, Rogersville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baumrucker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D034462:Dissent and Disputes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States