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Palliative Care Training for Psychiatry Residents: Development of a Pilot Curriculum

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Pamela Stitzlein Davies receives royalties from Springer Publishing for Davies PS & D’Arcy Y: Compact Clinical Guide to Cancer Pain Nursing. An Evidence-Based Guide for Nurses, 2013. The remaining authors disclosed no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article.

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  1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jennifer M. Sexton, Stamatis Zeris & Jesse R. Fann

  2. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA, USA

    Pamela Stitzlein Davies & Elizabeth Trice Loggers

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Palliative Care Psychiatry Curriculum—Core Didactics (DOCX 15 kb)

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Sexton, J.M., Zeris, S., Davies, P.S. et al. Palliative Care Training for Psychiatry Residents: Development of a Pilot Curriculum. Acad Psychiatry 40, 369–371 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-014-0244-2

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