Does palliative care education matter to medical students? The experience of attending an undergraduate course in palliative care

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 128-134

  Centeno, Carlos ^a   Ballesteros, Montse ^a,b   Carrasco, José Miguel ^a   Arantzamendi, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WRITING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958753587     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000646     Document Type: Article

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