Interdisciplinary education in palliative care: A bold strategy, solution and political statement

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-386

  Breiddal, Susan ^a  

^a Registered Clinical Counsellor   (Canada)

Author keywords

action research; education reform; Emancipatory Model of Education; identity; interdisciplinary education; palliative care; relationship; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869835352     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.20.4.e     Document Type: Article

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