title: Does doctors' own fear of dying hinder palliative care?
abstract: Humans have a deeply rooted, existential fear of death that lurks suppressed in their unconscious most of the time. Dr. Balfour Mount, a palliative care specialist, thinks this is one of the factors preventing the health care system from providing good and compassionate care for the dying.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lowry
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002170:Canada; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*