title: Responding to Patients Requesting Physician-Assisted Death: Physician Involvement at the Very End of Life.
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Timothy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Quill
authors.affiliation: Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington3Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington4Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Back
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts6Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts7Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Public.
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Block
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms; D010819:Physician's Role; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D013727:Terminal Care; D028761:Withholding Treatment