Nursing students´ experiences of end-of-life care education in Belgium

Background: The need for palliative care and end-of-life care increases as the world population grows older and as people, more extensively, suffer from chronic diseases. End-of-life care is described as a part of palliative care and people in need of end-of-life care can be met anywhere in the health care system, therefore, education about end-of-life care is necessary for nursing students. Assisted suicide, or, euthanasia is legal in Belgium and can also be a part of end-of-life care, which makes it a convenient subject to include in nursing education in Belgium.Aim: The aim was to delve int... Mehr ...