title: Life-sustaining medical devices at the end of life.
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care Team, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wrightson
authors.forename: Claud
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Regnard
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Clinical decisions; Heart failure; Terminal care; Ventricular assist devices; Withdrawal of life-sustaining medical devices