A Comparison of Attitudes of Medical Students in England and in South Africa towards Patients with Life-Limiting Illness

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-191

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Dogra, Nisha ^b   Morake, Rachel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242319815     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970301900307     Document Type: Review

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