Caring for dying patients - What are the attitudes of medical students?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 696-699

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Dogra, Nisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Chronic illness; Palliative care; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0242581404     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0505-1     Document Type: Article

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