Abstract
Families experiencing end-of-life care are experiencing extensive acute trauma. The acute stress of this trauma makes information processing and decision-making very difficult. From the discipline of psychology, a person cannot make good decisions when they are experiencing trauma. At end-of-life, person-centered care is family-centered care. A person’s individuality is inextricable from who they are to their family. If we do not care for the family, we do not care for our patients.