Recommendations for incorporating palliative care education into the acute care hospital setting

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 871-877

  Weissman, David E ^a   Block, Susan D ⁱ   Blank, Linda ⁱ   Cain, Joanna ⁱ   Cassem, Ned ^b   Danoff, Deborah ^c   Foley, Kathleen ^d   Meier, Diane ^e   Schyve, Paul ^f   Theige, David ^g   Wheeler, H Brownell ^h  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Jt Commn Accreditation H   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032811187     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199908000-00009     Document Type: Review

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