title: No heroic measures: how soon is too soon to stop?
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krasna
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Krasna
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003657:Decision Making; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000941:ethics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D011368:Professional-Family Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017749:Total Quality Management