Formal instruction in United Kingdom medical schools about death and dying
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Education
- Vol. 18 (6), 429-434
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1984.tb01298.x
Abstract
The paper reports the findings of a short questionnaire survey of medical schools conducted in June 1983. All U.K. schools replied. Only four schools do not provide formal instruction about death and dying for all their students.Keywords
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