Table 2. Fellows’ Attitudes Toward Caring for Dying Patients.

	2003	2013	P value
It is moderately/very important to learn to provide care to dying patients	54%	95%	<0.001
Generally/completely agree that caring for dying patients is depressing.	47%	61%	0.006
Generally/completely agree that it is possible to tell patients the truth about a terminal prognosis and still maintain hope	78%	80%	0.6
Generally/completely agree that depression is treatable among patients with terminal illness	84%	84%	0.9
Generally/completely agree that physicians have a responsibility to help patients at the end of life prepare for death	99%	99%	0.9