Background The need to spread the culture of palliative care and to train health care
professionals from undergraduate courses is recognised internationally. The article presents …

Background: Since 2013 medical faculties in Germany have to teach and assess palliative
care issues. Objective: Evaluation of a one-week intensive seminar in palliative care with …

Background Providing care for dying people and the death of patients are stressing
situations faced by nursing students during their clinical practice. Learning about palliative …

Abstract Background Medical Schools are challenged to improve palliative care education
and to find ways to introduce and nurture attitudes and behaviours such as empathy, patient …

Positive attitudes and a sense of competence toward end-of-life care are the key to
adequately support terminally ill patients. This qualitative study aims to explore healthcare …

Background In coming decades, the number of people affected by illnesses who need
palliative care will rise worldwide. Registered Nurses are in a central position in providing …

We performed a multicenter comparative survey on undergraduate medical education
regarding the care of dying patients at medical schools in three countries. We enrolled 380 …

Background Palliative care (PC) education has become a priority in many European
countries where PC is quickly developing. There remains, however, a lack of information on …

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

Aim To examine changes in formal teaching about death, dying and bereavement in
undergraduate medical education in UK medical schools. Methods A short questionnaire …