Knowledge and attitude of final - Year medical students in Germany towards palliative care - An interinstitutional questionnaire-based study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Weber, Martin ^a   Schmiedel, Sven ^b   Nauck, Friedemann ^c   Alt Epping, Bernd ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

confidence; knowledge; Palliative care; undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; EXPERIENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL CARE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 81555232424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-19     Document Type: Article

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