Patients die in almost all areas of medicine; it is therefore essential for doctors to be
equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviours necessary to look after …

It is important to support general practitioners (GPs) in maintaining and developing their
palliative care skills as most of the final year of a patient's life is spent at home under the …

This article presents a rapid review of the published literature and available resources for
educating Canadian physicians to provide palliative and end-of-life care. Several key …

Palliative care is emerging as a new area of medical expertise (12, 3). However, palliative
medical education has been uneven in its development world-wide and little work has been …

The needs of an aging population and advancements in the treatment of both chronic and
life-threatening diseases have resulted in increased demand for quality palliative care. The …

Background: Effective undergraduate education is required to enable newly qualified
doctors to safely care for patients with palliative care and end-of-life needs. The status of …

The purpose of this paper is to present data about the level and background characteristics
of physicians' training in palliative care in Australia (AU), Belgium (BE), Denmark (DK), Italy …

Aim To ascertain the perceived skills of students at UK medical schools in palliative
medicine. Design A validated questionnaire survey. Participants Newly qualified UK pre …

Objectives Impending death is poorly recognised. Many undergraduate healthcare
professionals will not have experience of meeting or caring for someone who is dying. As …

Objectives Education and training are seen as 'absolutely essential parts of providing
palliative care'. As part of a larger study to explore the extent of palliative care need in two …