title: Can a Surgeon Refuse to Operate When an Advance Directive Limits Postoperative Care?
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Children's Heart Surgery, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mavroudis
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaca
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. Electronic address: sader@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics*; D066231:Surgeons / Q000941:ethics; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States