EMTs' attitudes' toward death before and after a death education program

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Smith Cumberland, Tracy L ^a,b   Feldman, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Death; Dying; Education; Emergency medical technician; Paramedic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; TOXICOLOGY; TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DISCLOSURE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GRIEF; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 31544459506     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500365955     Document Type: Article

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