title: Ethical issues in the management of geriatric cardiac patients.
abstract: Ethical Issue: When referred to hospice care the treating cardiologist believed that his patient would die in a few days. Instead, the patient lived over 18 months.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Lofty L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Basta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000628:therapy*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000941:ethics*; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life