title: When death is certain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA. Lustbader@nshs.edu
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lustbader
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003128:Coma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008021:Life Support Systems; D008297:Male