Instructing medical students about the psychiatric aspects of life-threatening illness has been a neglected area in medical education. Only one course to date has been described in spite of the clear need for communications among educators on this subject. To help reduce this deficiency a course for medical students which includes seminar discussions and patient interviews is reported. Student response to the course has been excellent and supports the view that instruction in this area should be a required component of medical student education.
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