Using a pocket card to improve end-of-life care on internal medicine clinical teaching units: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1222-1227

  Mikhael, Joseph ^a,b,e   Baker, Lindsay ^c   Downar, James ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; End of life; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING MATERIALS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 49649112416     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0582-4     Document Type: Article

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