title: Surgeons and their patients near the end of life.
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Buchman
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D032982:Contracts / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000941:ethics; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000941:ethics*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics