title: Ethical issues in the management of geriatric cardiac patients. Special report: Terri's Tale: dispelling the myths in the Terri Schiavo Ordeal.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, and Project GRACE (Guidelines for Resuscitation and Care at End-of-Life), Clearwater, FL 33756, USA. llbasta@projectgrace.org
authors.forename: Lofty L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Basta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics; D002309:Cardiology / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000941:ethics; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007872:Legal Guardians; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*