Background. The training in palliative care that health professionals receive is inadequate.
An aging population, changing systems of health care delivery, and the debate about …

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 …

Background: Medical schools require time for end-of-life topic. However, there is very little
medical literature that directly addresses how medical students and residents are to behave …

Background: Medical students' learning about end-of-life care can be categorized into three
learning modalities: formal curriculum, taught in lectures; informal curriculum, conveyed …

Abstract American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Essentials: Core Concepts for
Professional Nursing Education (2021) established four spheres of care across the lifespan …

As the population ages and the incidence of chronic health conditions increases, the need
for quality end-of-life care to be a part of the continuum of health care will also increase. With …

Background: Palliative care is part of comprehensive family practice; however, many
physicians do not feel confident in the biomedical and psychosocial realms. Although …

Historically, health and social care professionals have described their lack of competence
and confidence in many aspects of palliative care, and have recognized the need for …

Purpose. The Liaison Committee for Medical Education requires accredited US and
Canadian medical schools to teach end-of-life care. The purpose of this study was to …

As our society progresses, as critical evaluation of the use of life sustaining technology and
hospital utilization continues, and as patients and families assume a greater role in the …