Effect of a compassion-focused training program in palliative care education for medical students.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
; 30(2): 114-20, 2013 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22584149
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Compassion is the key value of humanities perspective. Little is known, however, concerning the impact of enhancing compassion on ethical decision making in end-of-life care.METHODS:
A total of 251 preclinical medical students were enrolled in a palliative care training course. A structured self-report questionnaire was administered before and after training.RESULTS:
Experience with caring for patients with terminal cancer was positively related to improvement in the decision of "truth telling is helpful to a good death." In addition, improvement in the perception of "compassionate care" was correlated with higher improvement in the decision of "discharge planning and home care."CONCLUSION:
Compassion-focused training program can be helpful to improve medical students' competence in making more appropriate ethical decisions in end-of-life care.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Educação Médica
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Empatia
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Taiwan