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Are Neurology Residents Prepared to Deal With Dying Patients?
Claire J. Creutzfeldt, MD;
Ted Gooley, PhD;
Melanie Walker, MD
Arch Neurol. 2009;66(11):1427-1428.
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Palliative care and symptom-based management play a central role in the care of patients with neurologic disease. With daily frequency, neurologists diagnose and treat patients with life-threatening, life-limiting, or significantly life-altering disease. It is, therefore, surprising that such a pervasive theme is inadequately addressed during neurology residency training.1 The purpose of this study was to assess the basic palliative care (PC) knowledge of neurology residents throughout the country.
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A 5-question survey was developed that included questions regarding the major clinical topics of PC (Table). From November 2007 to March 2008, program directors from all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education–certified neurology residency programs were contacted and voluntary/anonymous resident participation requested. After receiving approval from our institutional review board, the survey was mailed to participating programs and given during teaching conferences at approximately the same time to reduce cross-communication. . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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