Palliative care education in US medical schools

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-66

  Horowitz, Robert ^a   Gramling, Robert ^a   Quill, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARD; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890150494     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12292     Document Type: Article

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