Physicians' and Nurse Practitioners' Level of Pessimism about End-of-Life Care during Training: Does It Change over Time?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 890-897.e1

  Long, Ann C ^a,b   Downey, Lois ^a,b   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a,b   Ford, Dee W ^c   Back, Anthony L ^a,b   Curtis, J Randall ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude; internship; Key Words Medical residency; palliative care; trainee

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PESSIMISM; PHYSICIAN; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TERMINAL CARE; TRAINING; ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PESSIMISM; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957900941     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.11.024     Document Type: Article

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