Below is commentary by Lois Shepherd, J.D., in which she discusses the idea of doctor- patient conversations about death and the current status of such counseling in the universal health care debate. Shepherd is the author of If That Ever Happens to Me: Making Life and Death Decisions After Terri Schiavo. She holds a joint appointment as associate professor of biomedical ethics and as professor of law at the University of Virginia. Why Are We Afraid of Caring Conversations about Death? -- by Lois Shepherd We seem to be losing our way when it comes...