Do residents need end-of-life care training?

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-201

  Litauska, Agata Marszalek ^a   Kozikowski, Andrzej ^a   Nouryan, Christian N ^a   Kline, Myriam ^a,b   Pekmezaris, Renee ^a,b,c,d   Wolf Klein, Gisele ^a,c,d  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to hospice referral; End of life care; Hospice; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901024461     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951512001101     Document Type: Article

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