Attitudes of preclinical medical students towards caring for chronically ill and dying patients: Does palliative care teaching make a difference?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 939, 2004, Pages 31-34

  Lloyd Williams, M ^a   Dogra, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYING; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 1242292254     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.2003.009571     Document Type: Article

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