Death education in U.S. medical schools, 1975-1995

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1348-1349

  Dickinson, George E ^a   Mermann, Alan C ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030455662     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199612000-00018     Document Type: Article

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3. Dickinson GE. Death education in U.S. medical schools. J Med Educ. 1976;51:134-6.
4. Dickinson GE. Changes in death education in U.S. medical schools during 1975-1985. J Med Educ. 1985;60:942-3.
5. Mermann AC, Gunn DB, and Dickinson GE. Learning to care for the dying: a survey of medical schools and a model course. Acad Med. 1991; 66:35-8.