The status of medical education in end-of-life care: A national report

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 685-695

  Sullivan, Amy M ^a,b   Lakoma, Matthew D ^a   Block, Susan D ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Medical education; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141539400     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21215.x     Document Type: Article

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