Education on end-of-life care in the medical curriculum: Students' opinions and knowledge

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Hesselink, Berniek A M ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Soethout, Marc B M ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CURRICULUM; EUTHANASIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77951808879     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0291     Document Type: Article

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