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TEACHING MEDICAL STUDENTS HOW TO CARE FOR THE DYING
Author(s) -
BLOCH SIDNEY
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb106429.x
Subject(s) - terminally ill , medical education , patient care , focus (optics) , psychology , medicine , nursing , palliative care , physics , optics
An experimental course for medical students is described in which the main focus is on the development of a continuing relationship between a medical student and a terminally ill patient The goals of the course, its format, its evaluation by both patient and student participants, the problems encountered and the implications for instruction on death and dying are discussed.