title: In her eyes.
abstract: The importance of various forms of communication, a patient's autonomy in their own care, and the last phase of an individual's life is captured in the story of a terminally-ill woman who can only communicate with pen and paper, and especially with her eyes. Her hospice nurse learns a powerful lesson from this special patient.
authors.affiliation: HealthReach HomeCare and Hospice, Waterville, Maine, USA. jacqueline.fournier@healthreach.org
authors.forename: Jacqueline P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States