title: Obtaining consent to a life-sustaining treatment for a patient with a major psychiatric illness.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology (Kadri), Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Blackmer), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Ethics, Professionalism and International Affairs (Blackmer), Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Ibrahim), Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ont. dr.kadri@careforkidneys.org.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kadri
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology (Kadri), Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Blackmer), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Ethics, Professionalism and International Affairs (Blackmer), Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Ibrahim), Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ont.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blackmer
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology (Kadri), Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Blackmer), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Ethics, Professionalism and International Affairs (Blackmer), Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Ibrahim), Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ont.
authors.forename: Muhieldean
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000941:ethics; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications*; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence