Perspectives on death and dying: a study of resident comfort with End-of-life care

Despite the benefits to early palliative care in the treatment of terminal illness, barriers to timely hospice referrals exist. Physicians who are more comfortable having end-of-life (EOL) conversations are mo...

Source: BMC Medical Education - November 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Jessica M. Schmit, Lynne E. Meyer, Jennifer M. Duff, Yunfeng Dai, Fei Zou and Julia L. Close Source Type: research