Ethical Issues in the Management of Geriatric Cardiac PatientsHannah I. Lipman, MD, Section EditorFrom the Department of Medicine, Divisions of Geriatrics and Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Abstract

Ethical Issue: Participating physicians failed to properly document that the patient had no reasonable expectation of recovery. This caused a delay in the initiation of discussion concerning end-of-life.