Teaching end-of-life care to family medicine residents - What do they learn?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Singer, Yoram ^a   Carmel, Sara ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY MEDICINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SELF ESTEEM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; ADULT; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 67649964394     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802331420     Document Type: Article

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