Medical students' first clinical experiences of death

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Kelly, Emily ^a   Nisker, Jeff ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANADA; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949888346     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03603.x     Document Type: Article

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