White et al 1 highlight that death and dying is everyone's business, yet is often neglected in
the training of multidisciplinary health professionals (MDHP). While physicians play a critical …

On the first day of term, we academics and clinicians watch our first-year physician students
file into the lecture theatre full of joy and altruistic dynamism. They have a burning passion to …

It is now accepted that teaching in palliative medicine should be integrated throughout the
medical undergraduate curriculum. Recommendations suggest the inclusion of knowledge …

As the number of older people increases across the world, and more people approach the
end of their lives with chronic and complex conditions, the need for robust and relevant …

Purpose Competence-based education in health and social care has been promoted
through the Tuning Process in Europe. This papers reports on the process of developing a …

Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for
people who are dying. Key features among these standards have been the professional …

In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on the identification of patients with
supportive and palliative care needs. Prognostic models have been introduced in the UK …

EDITOR—Death is still society's final taboo, as the article by Ellershaw and Ward showed. 1
All medical schools in the United Kingdom now include some teaching on palliative care in …

Many general practitioners shy away from palliative care. They feel uncomfortable about
working in teams, know little about controlling symptoms, and are reluctant to use powerful …

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