title: Maximal medical therapy and palliative care can work together: when are advanced care measures appropriate?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, USA. swetz.keith@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Keith M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Swetz
authors.forename: Laurie J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lyckholm
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*