Abstract
Without training in how to identify and relieve pain and suffering, surgeons miss opportunities to offer palliative services to patients. Despite explicit calls for expanding palliative care education since the 1990s, palliative care training in surgical curricula is often limited to end-of-life discussions. A growing consensus among palliative care experts suggests that formal palliative care education during surgical training should include structured communication and prognostication tools, strategies for symptom management, and an understanding of palliative care specialists' role in treating patients at all disease stages.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 800-805 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | AMA Journal of Ethics |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2021 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Issues, ethics and legal aspects
- Health(social science)
- Health Policy