The cover. The court jester Stanczyk (1480-1560) receives news of the loss of Smolensk (1514), during a ball at Queen Bona's court.

摘要

I SPOKE TO MY 90-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER, ANNE, TODAY about her goals for medical care as she reclined in her hospital bed. Our conversation resulted in a considerable amount of deja vu. It was five years ago this month that I had had a similar conversation with her and my grandfather Phil-a conversation that changed the way that I, a geriatrician and hospice and palliative care physician, talk with patients and their families about advance planning for end-of-life care.