Abstract
Abstract
French
This paper proposes that health professionals are negligent in meeting the needs of terminally ill patients because they feel afraid and inadequate when faced with death. It is suggested that occupational therapists should receive some education in this subject and a course of instruction is described. The results of a cross-Canada survey to establish the extent to which death and the dying patient is included in occupational therapy curricula are presented.
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