Assessing attitudinal barriers toward end-of-life care.
Due to the rapid influx of Palliative care and Hospice services over the last decade, there has been an increase in the number of medical professionals interacting with terminal patients. One of the challenges with this growth becomes how to integrate these services into already busy practices along with providing physicians the education and tools they need to provide quality care. While there is no shortage of articles focusing on the educational needs of physicians related to end of life care, less is known about the level of anxiety physicians feel about interacting with dying patients and their families.
Manager of Research Services, Sisters of Mercy Health System, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. gary.parker@mercy.net
Gary Dean
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Parker
Tim
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Smith
Mitzi
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Corzine
Glenn
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Mitchell
Stuart
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Schrader
Bert
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Hayslip
Linda
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Fanning
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*