As students start up their first year in medical school over the next weeks, some of them will already be seeing SPs. This student blogs about his first experiences:
Lost in Philadelphia: first standardized patient session
This article in today's New York Times describes the field of palliative care medicine, why end-of-life counseling is not a "death panel", and some of the issues facing teaching physicians about breaking bad news. Alongside actual palliative care patients, an SP session is featured.
At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort
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