title: Patient-doctor communication and the importance of clarifying end-of-life decisions.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Claire E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Magauran
authors.forename: Maura J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States