Teaching general practitioners and doctors-in-training to discuss advance care planning: Evaluation of a brief multimodality education programme

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 313-321

  Detering, Karen ^a   Silvester, William ^a   Corke, Charlie ^b,c   Milnes, Sharyn ^c   Fullam, Rachael ^a   Lewis, Virginia ^d   Renton, Jodie ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906726205     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000450     Document Type: Article

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