End-of-life care education for medical students in mainland China: a cross-sectional survey

BackgroundAccording to the 2015 Quality of Death Index, China ranks 71st out of 80 countries in terms of the quality of palliative care. The lack of end-of-life care education has been identified as a key barrier to the improvement of the discipline. The aim of this study is to assess the status of end-of-life care education for medical students in mainland China.MethodsWe obtained a list of all medical schools from the website of the Ministry...