title: Death messengers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Mandeep R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Uber
authors.forename: Hector O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure