Inter-Professional High Fidelity Simulation: The Way Forward for End-of-Life Care Education
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Providing high quality care for dying patients and their families has been highlighted as a na-tional priority in the United Kingdom (UK)1 with national guidelines and policies existing to provide direction specific to the provision of end-of-life care (EOLC).
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