The patient said he would rather die: Should you let him?

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The patient said he would rather die: Should you let him? Dov Fox, DPhil, JD, LLM, Joseph S. Coselli, MD, Robert M. Sade, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 157, Issue 3, Pages 1092-1096 (March 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.044 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Computed tomography scan of ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm Computed tomography scan of ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm. Aorta (black arrow) and blood in thorax (white arrow). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 1092-1096DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.044) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions