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 …

Background GPs can play a central role in palliative care delivery. However, little is known
about their views on what constitutes best practice care at the end of life. Aim To explore, in …

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 …

Objectives General practitioners (GPs) are well placed to be involved in end-of-life care for
patients with life-limiting illnesses. However, differing views exist regarding their role. This …

Objective: Despite being ideally placed to provide care to patients with terminal illness,
many general practitioners (GPs) are not involved in palliative care. This study aimed to …

Background: General practitioners have always been involved in providing palliative care.
As Australia's population ages, the number of patients living with cancer and end stage …

Background The role of the General Practitioner (GP) is central to community palliative care.
Good liaison between the different professionals involved in a patient's care is extremely …

The general practitioner (GP) has a critical role in an integrated model of palliative care as
they often know the patient and carer well, are experts in generalist care and have …

Background Since 2012, all GP practices across Scotland have been supported to take a
systematic approach to end-of-life care, by helping them to identify more patients for …

Background Few studies have specifically assessed the scope, nature and challenges of
palliative and end-of-life care in rural general practice. These knowledge gaps limit the …