title: Ethical issues in the management of geriatric cardiac patients.
abstract: Ethical Issue: A hospital's Ethics Committee decides to not give analgesics to a terminally ill patient to relieve her pain.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. lbasta@projectgrace.org
authors.forename: Lofty L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Basta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000700:Analgesics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics