Background Demographic changes, the evolvement of modern medicine and new
treatments for severe diseases, increase the need for palliative care services. Palliative care …

Background Patients in need of palliative care often want to reside at home. Providing
palliative care requires resources and a high level of competence in primary care. The …

Background Modern palliative care focuses on enabling patients to spend their remaining
time at home, and dying comfortably at home, for those patients who want it. Compared to …

Objectives: To explore general practitioners'(GPs) current involvement in and attitudes
towards the provision of palliative care in primary care. Methods: Postal survey of 356 …

Abstract Background General Practitioners (GPs) often play an important role in caring for
people at the end of life. While some international studies suggest that GPs experience a …

Introduction: In order to facilitate GPs in their work and increase the possibilities for patients
to remain at home, it is important to identify the obstacles which hinder the delivery of …

Background To deliver optimal palliative care, a Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
(CPPPC) was developed. This CPPPC was implemented by general practitioners (GPs) in …

Background Expert consultation supports general practitioners (GPs) in delivering adequate
palliative homecare. Insight into consultation practices from a GP's perspective is needed in …

Background GPs in the UK will face increased palliative care demands in the coming years.
Understanding what makes providing palliative care difficult for GPs is an important step to …

Background The majority of severely ill and dying people in Germany can be administered
primary palliative care (PPC) by general practitioners (GP). However, the current provision of …