Medical Students and Dying Patients

Abstract

ETHICS CASE Medical Students and Dying PatientsCommentary by Audrey Tan, DO Kelsey is a first-year medical student in her second semester. One of her classes focuses on bedside manner. The purpose of the course is to give students time to speak with patients and understand their perspectives-their knowledge, hopes, and fears. Kelsey and a few of her classmates are assigned to a hospice, where each spends time talking in a nonmedical capacity with a patient.