Table 1 End-of-Life and Palliative Care Topics Covered in the Curriculum of US Pharmacy Schools in 2012
From: Pharmacists are initiators in palliative care for patients with rare diseases
Quality of life 94% |
Communication with individuals with terminal illnesses 83% |
Topic Percentage Covering Attitudes toward death and dying 77% |
Communication with family members of patients with terminal illnesses 71% |
Psychological aspects of dying (eg, anxiety, depression) 71% |
The range of settings including home care, nursing homes, and hospice 69% |
The impact of ethnic, religious, and cultural differences 67% |
Psycho social interventions to alleviate pain across the life cycle 65% |
Grief and bereavement 62% |
Advance directives (living will, power of attorney for health care) 60% |
Illness-related issues such as decision making in dying and death 60% |
Social contexts of dying (eg, family care) 58% |
Euthanasia 54% |
The physical and multidimensional stages of the dying process 52% |
The needs of special populations (eg, children and those with disabilities) 50% |
Suicide 44% |
Socioeconomic dimensions of patients with terminal illnesses and their families 42% |