When It's Time to Stop Cancer Treatment: Helping Patients Prepare for Death

Andrea Wang-Gillam, MD, PhD, Jason Mehta, BA, Reed Thompson, MD, Mazin Safar, MD, and Paulette Mehta, MD

Dr. Wang-Gillam is a hematology/oncology fellow in the internal medicine department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), both in Little Rock. Mr. Mehta is a first-year law student at Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC. Dr. Thompson is a professor in the internal medicine and geriatrics departments, Dr. Safar is an assistant professor in the internal medicine department, and Dr. Mehta is a professor in the internal medicine and pediatrics departments, all at the UAMS. In addition, Drs. Thompson, Safar, and Mehta are staff physicians at the CAVHS.