title: Recognition and communication: essential elements to improving end-of-life care.
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Efferen
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012297:Right to Die; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*