title: I know about Jack and you're no Jack Kevorkian.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA. jwjones@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Laurence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McCullough
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000941:ethics*; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics*; D019452:Terminally Ill; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics*