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ERIC Number: EJ539422
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446
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Death Education in U.S. Medical Schools, 1975-1995.
Dickinson, George E.; Mermann, Alan C.
Academic Medicine, v71 n12 p1348-49 Dec 1996
Examined medical school education on relating to terminally ill patients based on data from national surveys conducted in 1975, 1985, and 1995. The number of schools offering occasional lectures or short courses on death and dying increased from 80% in 1975 to 82% in 1985 to 90% in 1995. (MDM)
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum, Death, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Medical Students, National Surveys, Physician Patient Relationship, Terminal Illness
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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