Background: Although there is a growing body of literature on the educational use of
standardized patients (SP) in teaching and learning, there have been no reviews on their …

Purpose: There is an increasing demand for quality palliative care teaching within
undergraduate medical education. Studies suggest that many junior doctors feel …

Context Medical educators in the USA perceive the teaching of palliative care competencies
as important, medical students experience it as valuable and effective, and demographic …

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

Objective: To examine the relationship between exposure to death and attitudes and
knowledge about end-of-life care in graduating medical students. Participants and methods …

Offering a candid behind-the-scenes look at small-animal veterinary practices, Blue Juice
explores the emotional and ethical conflicts involved in providing a" good death" for …

Background To care for terminally ill and dying patients requires a thorough medical
education, encompassing skills, knowledge, and attitudes in the field of palliative care …

Medical and nursing schools in the United States have traditionally had a limited emphasis
on end-of-life care. The present study is a comparison of these 2 professional programs' …

To obtain information on euthanasia decisions from practising veterinary surgeons,
respondents were asked to estimate how often during their time in practice they had refused …

Physicians are educated and trained to cure illness and save lives. The traditional
educational model in US medical schools allows for generalist training as well as …