An end-of-life conversation is when a patient and doctor talk about how long the patient has to live, what their options are, and what kind of care they want to receive in their final week of life

For people with a terminal illness, a new study shows it may be critically important to talk to a doctor about how they want to spend their last days. The study finds that people who have this discussion benefited from the conversation. VOA's Carol Pearson reports. 

Some video courtesy of the Journal of the American Medical Association.