
Some patients are intractably and maybe even irredeemably ill. What should be done for them?
Some patients are intractably and maybe even irredeemably ill. What should be done for them?
Patients with terminal illnesses may choose to refuse treatment or even hasten their own deaths, but is that the same thing as suicide?
Currently, there are 350,000 Americans who receive maintenance dialysis for renal failure, and this predominantly elderly population with multiple comorbidities is growing.
Published: November 17th 2011 | Updated: