PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lisa Tompkins, Esq.
TI  - We Need To Talk
DP  - 2011 Dec 21
TA  - Ochsner Journal
PG  - 298--301
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/4/298.short
4100  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/4/298.full
SO  - Ochsner J2011 Dec 21; 11
AB  - 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's life. She also presents suggestions for how physicians can improve end-of-life communication to benefit patients, families, and themselves.