Attitudes of Medical Residents Toward the Dying Patient in a General Hospital
- 1 October 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 40 (4) , A127-127
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1966.11696005
Abstract
This report examines the reactions of 120 medical residents to terminal illness. It also explores their own feelings about death and their frustration when faced with a dying patient: “If I cannot cure, what is there left for me to do?” It is recommended that the problems of management of the dying patient be given special attention in the senior year of medical school. The ability to recognize his own psychologic feelings about death helps the young physician to be a better doctor.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Dying Patient and His FamilyJAMA, 1965
- Management of the Patient With Terminal IllnessPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1965