A strategy for incorporating palliative care and end-of-life instruction into physician assistant education

Journal of Physician Assistant Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Lanning, Lisa C ^a   Dadig, Bonnie A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; TERMINAL CARE;

HUMANS; INTERNET; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79953214633     PISSN: 19419430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01367895-201021040-00006     Document Type: Article

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