title: Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a surgeon's perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pawlik
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008020:Life Support Care; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000639:trends*