title: Guiding light at the end of the tunnel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Ramchandra Medical College, Porur, Chennai 600 016, India. vijaylakshmi.kamat@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vijaylaxmi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kamat
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D005190:Family; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009873:Operating Rooms; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D010820:Physicians; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics*; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards