My father had cancer but didn’t want to talk about his health. Or his health care. Or his health care wishes. None of it. He wanted to know how his grandsons were doing. And how…

When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. —Victor Frankel, Man’s Search for Meaning Malcolm was sitting up in bed, his hospital door ajar. He had on…

“What does a good day look like?” “What matters to me through the end of my life is…” To me, open-ended questions like these seemed challenging at first because the answers can change significantly, due…

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So you’ve decided to think about and share your wishes for medical care… and the person who you want to talk to doesn’t want to hear it. What do you do? Here are some ideas:…

At The Conversation Project, we talk a lot about the importance of sharing what matters to you — in your life and in your health care. Many of the people we talk with know this…