… family physicians in providing palliative care. With the aging population, demand on palliative
care … Developing palliative care models, improving the skills and opportunities for doctors …

… when other health care providers are involved.The connection between patients with cancer
and their family physicians, however, is often lost by the time patients need palliative care.…

… , palliative care. In many countries, family physicians (FPs) are responsible for palliative care
… continuity of care, care decision-making, and referral to secondary care such as specialist …

… care professionals, ideally, a palliative care … family physician (FP). However, the description
of what the FP’s tasks would be in the integration of a palliative care approach into the care …

… about what family physicians perceive as their role in providing palliative care and what they
… work is needed to understand the barriers to providing palliative care for family physicians. …

… at home or in hospicesis considered a major obstacleto family physician participation in
palliative care. An increased fee for the delivery of palliative care at home, in hospices, and in …

… palliative care needs? Does it make sense, for example, to include training in palliative care
in the curriculum of a family physician… , a training program for family physicians? Full days of …

… of family physicians prepared to provide palliative care is of … to recruit family physicians into
the practice of palliative care, we … family physicians were making housecalls or actively caring …

… Most palliative care patients want to die at home, with their family physician as the main … To
study the perception of family physicians with regard to depression in palliative care patients, …

… This article reviews a palliative care educational program for community physicians … services,
the Ontario Ministry of Health allocated funds specifically for educating family physicians. …