End-of-life and palliative care education for final-year medical students: A comparison of Britain and the United States

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1356-1366

  Hammel, James F ^a,b,c,e   Sullivan, Amy M ^a   Block, Susan D ^a   Twycross, Robert ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349084988     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0059     Document Type: Article

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