Detecting attitudinal changes about death and dying as a result of end-of-life care curricula for medical undergraduates

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 975-986

  Schwartz, Carolyn E ^a,b,c,d,f   Clive, David M ^c   Mazor, Kathleen M ^e   Ma, Yunsheng ^c   Reed, George ^c   Clay, Marjorie ^c  

^a QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^b Health Assessment Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 27644584477     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.975     Document Type: Article

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