Death-Talks: Transformative learning for physicians

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Moon, Paul J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Odyssey Healthcare   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Grief; Terminal condition; Transformative learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

COMMUNICATION; GRIEF; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 49749095962     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909108318567     Document Type: Article

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