Answer: Consider asking them Susan Block’s four questions:
- Do you know your prognosis?
- What are your fears about what is to come?
- What are your goals; what would you like to do as time runs short?
- What are the trade-offs you’re willing to make? How much suffering are you willing to go through for the sake of the possibility of added time?
How to Talk About End-of-Life Care with a Dying Patient from The New Yorker on FORA.tv