Comparing Kerala, India and Cambridge, the UK: a study of doctors' and nurses' attitudes towards palliative care.

MW and AK undertook this study during their elective as final year medical students at the University of Cambridge. Their main source of funding for this project was a grant from the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. SB is funded by the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East of England at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the University of Cambridge, the NIHR or the Department of Health.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from BMJ Group via http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-00076