title: Demand of words.
authors.affiliation: General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Palliative and Supportive Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Palliativedoctor@aol.com
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rousseau
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003657:Decision Making; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D028761:Withholding Treatment