PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jennifer Frank
TI  - Refusal: Deciding to Pull the Tube
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.100058
DP  - 2010 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 671--673
VI  - 23
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/5/671.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/5/671.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2010 Sep 01; 23
AB  - A senior medical student grapples with her patient's end-of-life decisions, which are in stark contrast to the decisions made by her own grandfather facing a similar disease. As she explores her role and responsibility to her patient, she considers what it means to provide futile care and how to negotiate her own beliefs with the demands of her patient's family.