title: An 88-year-old woman facing the end of life.
authors.affiliation: Medical Grand Rounds of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, East Campus, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lynn
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D035501:Uncertainty