title: Clinical palliative care for surgeons: part 1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA.
authors.forename: K Francis
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gretchen P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Purcell
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hinshaw
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Krouse
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baluss
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003422:Critical Care; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004282:Documentation; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013727:Terminal Care; D028761:Withholding Treatment