Howells K, Gould M, Field D
Med Educ. 1986 Nov;20(6):502-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1986.tb01390.x.
Changes in the perception of death and dying during medical training were assessed, to test the hypothesis that fear is increased by exposure to dying patients. In general, clinically experienced medical students did not consistently differ from clinically inexperienced students in the intensity of fear of death. The two groups did differ in the frequency with which they thought about death. Students with clinical experience reported thinking more frequently about their own dying process and about interacting with a dying patient.
评估了医学培训期间对死亡和濒死认知的变化，以检验接触濒死患者会增加恐惧这一假设。总体而言，有临床经验的医学生在对死亡的恐惧强度上与无临床经验的学生并无一致差异。两组在思考死亡的频率上确实存在差异。有临床经验的学生报告称，他们更频繁地思考自己的濒死过程以及与濒死患者的互动。
