@article {Tompkins298, author = {Lisa Tompkins, Esq.}, title = {We Need To Talk}, volume = {11}, number = {4}, pages = {298--301}, year = {2011}, publisher = {Ochsner Journal}, abstract = {The author looks at end-of-life decisionmaking and communication by summarizing a case well known in the literature and discussing her own experiences in the last days of her father{\textquoteright}s life. She also presents suggestions for how physicians can improve end-of-life communication to benefit patients, families, and themselves.}, issn = {1524-5012}, URL = {https://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/4/298}, eprint = {https://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/4/298.full.pdf}, journal = {Ochsner Journal} }