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Direct linkBlack, Kathy – Death Studies, 2007
The study surveyed 135 health care professionals (74 nurses, 32 physicians, and 29 social workers) to examine their personal death attitudes and experiences in relation to their reported advance directive communication practice behavior. Negative correlations were found between collaborating with other health care professionals regarding the…
Descriptors: Physicians, Terminal Illness, Social Work, Health Services
Peer reviewedMuir, J. Cameron; Krammer, Lisa M.; von Gunten, Charles F. – Generations, 1999
Describes the elements of a program in hospice and palliative medicine that may serve as a model of an effective system of physician education. Topics for the palliative-care curriculum include hospice medicine, breaking bad news, pain management, the process of dying, and managing personal stress. (JOW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Education, Older Adults, Physicians
Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska; Libin, Alexander; Lipson, Steven – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: Decisions concerning end-of-life care depend on information contained in advance directives that are documented in residents' charts in the nursing home. The availability of that information depends on the quality of the chart and on the location of the information in the chart. No research was found that compared directives by the manner…
Descriptors: Physicians, Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Terminal Illness
