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  • Virtual Reality Helps Hospice Workers See Life And Death Through A Patient's Eyes

    Kathleen Burge

    December 27, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Biddeforde, Maine

    The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine is using virtual reality to help medical students empathize with patients who are at the end of their lives. The technology has also been used to create other simulations and help health-care workers in training better understand their patients, but critics say that, without careful supervision, these virtual realities can create and reinforce prejudice.

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  • Dress Rehearsal For Death: Using Virtual Reality To Foster Empathy For Dying Patients

    Kathleen Burge

    November 16, 2018 |

    WBUR |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Virtual reality is being used as part of medical education providing a way for nurses and other medical workers to better understand how a patient may experiencing their surroundings. Virtual reality modules have been created for blind, colorblind, dementia, and dying patients.

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  • When Patients Can't Be Cured: Mass. Med Schools Teaching More End-Of-Life Care

    Kathleen Burge

    October 01, 2018 |

    WBUR |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Medical schools in Massachusetts are starting to teach students palliative care methods. Instead of trying to cure every ailment, students are introduced to the idea of an end-of-life treatment plan without exhausting tests. All four area medical schools agreed to work together and possibly change the way they teach students about end of life care.

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