Pain and palliative care: medical students' knowledge and graduation gaps.
Publicado originalmente en: Rev Dor. São Paulo, 2017 oct-dec; 18 (4): 307-10. Translation: Noelia Sosa Echeverría.
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Academic institutions, analgesia, medicine students, palliative care, studentsAbstract
Currently, medical school does not provide complete education in pain management and is also devoid of disciplines that address thanatology in palliative care. The objective of this study was to evaluate medical students' knowledge of pain and palliative care and their perception of how these topics are taught during their undergraduate studies.
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