title: Looking beyond the law to improve end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ethics in Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D016223:Advance Directives; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D019726:Patient Self-Determination Act; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*