RT Journal
A1 Loxterkamp DA
T1 OLd men and the sea
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD July 7
VO 304
IS 1
SP 18
OP 19
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.902
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.902
AB 
Before I could open my bag, Mel dictated the terms of our engagement: Hospitalization would be brief: he had no insurance and refused to let his illness exhaust his children's college fund. And whatever the cause, expensive tests and treatments must wait until he could purchase insurance through the window of open enrollment. It became clear that Mel had fixed ideas and that his decision to accept medical care involved a crisis of faith.