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Advance care directives and end of life decisions: an educational model
Author(s)	Robert McCann, Joshua Chodosh, Richard Frankel
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 18, no 3, 1998
Pages	pp 3-19
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Terminal care ; Medical care ; Death ; Doctors ; Patients ; Communication ; Teaching hospitals ; Courses ; United States of America.
Annotation	Discussions about end of life care can be difficult for patients and practitioners. Numerous studies have demonstrated that dying patients often receive care that does not address their suffering adequately, partly due to inadequate physician-patient communication. In this study, an educational module was developed for graduate medical residents in New York about the care of dying patients to improve their communication skills, particularly in the area of end of life discussions with patients. The module contains didactic material as well as exercises to provide the teachers and students with a framework to explore personal and patient values, and how those values relate to medical decision making. The module has also been used at seminars for social workers and nurses. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980302401 A
Classmark	LV: LK: CW: QT2: LF: U: V6: VE: 7T
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