title: The appropriate use of increasingly sophisticated life-sustaining technology.
authors: Assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
authors: Darryl C
authors: DC
authors: Abrams
authors: Professor of medicine, and director of medical ethics, and chair of the medical ethics committee at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
authors: Kenneth
authors: K
authors: Prager
authors: Director of the adult palliative medicine service, and co-director of the Center for Supportive Care and Clinical Ethics in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
authors: Craig D
authors: CD
authors: Blinderman
authors: Assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
authors: Kristin M
authors: KM
authors: Burkart
authors: Associate professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Brodie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data