Palliative care education in Swiss undergraduate medical curricula: A case of too little, too early

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 730-735

  Pereira, Jose ^a,f,g   Pautex, S ^b   Cantin, B ^a   Gudat, H ^c   Zaugg, K ^d   Eychmuller, S ^e   Zulian, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Curriculum; End of life; Palliative; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 61549117426     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308094560     Document Type: Article

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