Using the case of his elderly great-aunt as an example, a physician raises the question of obligations toward elderly persons who refuse treatment that could improve the quality of their lives. Miles' aunt, blind, frail, ...

The authors analyze a retrospective study of the outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in 49 very low birth weight (less than 1500 g) newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the University of ...