Open AccessIncorporating Palliative Care into Primary Care Education
Author(s) -
Block Susan D.,
Bernier George M.,
Crawley LaVera M.,
Farber Stuart,
Kuhl David,
Nelson William,
O’Donnell Joseph,
Sandy Lewis,
Ury Wayne
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00230.x
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , primary care , nursing , professional development , population , family medicine , medical education , environmental health
The confluence of enhanced attention to primary care and palliative care education presents educators with an opportunity to improve both (as well as patient care) through integrated teaching. Improvements in palliative care education will have benefits for dying patients and their families, but will also extend to the care of many other primary care patients, including geriatric patients and those with chronic illnesses, who make up a large proportion of the adult primary care population. In addition, caring for the dying, and teaching others to carry out this task, can be an important vehicle for personal and professional growth and development for both students and their teachers.