Learning to care for dying patients: A controlled longitudinal study of a death education course

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-57

  Kaye, Janet M ^a,b   Loscalzo, Grace ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031925354     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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