title: Surgical Intervention in Terminal Illness--Doing Everything: A Teachable Moment.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
authors.forename: Tyson A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Oberndorfer
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Anoff
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
authors.forename: Heidi L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wald
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D019727:Proxy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*