Health care workers especially medical students are at risk of acquiring infection through occupational exposure. Few studies have reported on medical students’ knowledge of standard precautions and sharp injuries and noted lack of adequate knowledge of standard precautions. To identify deficiencies which could be addressed by education and training, it is useful to measure KAP of medical stude...

BACKGROUND Advances in medicine have helped many to live longer lives and to be able to meet health challenges. However death rates are anticipated to increase given the ageing population and chronic disease progression. Being able to talk about death is seen to be important in normalising death as part of life and supporting preparedness for death. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide o...

I On the Fear of Death .................. II Attitudes Toward Death and Dying .................. III First Stage: Denial and Isolation .................. IV Second Stage: Anger .................. V Third Stage: Bargaining .................. VI Fourth Stage: Depression .................. VII Fifth Stage: Acceptance .................. VIII Hope .................. IX The Patient's Family ............