title: Clinical ethics consultation: to intubate or not to intubate--Part 1 of a series.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont College of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002835:Christianity; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D033061:Ethics Consultation; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000941:ethics; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000941:ethics; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics*; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*