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| Palliative care enrichment in geropsychology fellowships | | Author(s) | Gerald Strauss, Barbara J Nelson |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 22, no 8, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 775-780 |
| Keywords | Psychiatrists ; Teaching hospitals ; Courses ; Terminal care ; Death ; Dying ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A survey of 10 Veterans Affairs (VA) geropsychology postdoctoral fellowships offered in the US was conducted to assess the extent to which courses examined issues of death and dying. Only 30% of fellowships offered palliative care or hospice training. Two courses required fellows to follow patients in a hospice setting. A third course had fellows consult on medical and surgical in-patients through a palliative care team. These findings indicate that few VA hospitals offer training in palliative or hospice care for geropsychology post-doctoral fellows. However, as the numbers treated in VA hospitals for terminal illness increase, the need for professionals familiar with issues of death and dying will become imperative. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970319008 A |
| Classmark | QT9: V6: VE: LV: CW: CX: 7T |
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