Preparing for palliative medicine; evaluation of an education programme for fourth year medical undergraduates

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 687-692

  Mason, Stephen R ^a,b   Ellershaw, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Educational; Medicine; Models; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 61549099579     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308090070     Document Type: Article

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