Open AccessAssessment of Palliative Care Awareness among Undergraduate Healthcare Students
Author(s) -
Sujatha Rajaragupathy,
Jayagowri Karthikeyan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/29070.10684
Subject(s) - pharmacy , palliative care , medicine , nursing , curriculum , pain medicine , health care , family medicine , context (archaeology) , psychology , anesthesiology , psychiatry , paleontology , pedagogy , economics , biology , economic growth
Palliative care knowledge is being given meager importance in the curriculum of medical and other allied medical sciences. It is vital that all health care practitioners including medical, pharmacy, physiotherapy and nursing are aware and apply the best principles of palliative care.