OBJECTIVE To explore factors that affect the integrity of palliative cancer patients'
relationships with family physicians and to ascertain their perceptions of their FPs' roles in …

Background: Currently, the specific role of family physicians (fps) in the care of people with
cancer is not well defined. Our goal was to explore physician perspectives and contextual …

Purpose: We sought to characterize the aggregate features and survival of patients who
receive inpatient palliative care consultation, particularly focusing on patients with cancer, to …

OBJECTIVE To describe cancer patients' experience of the role of family physicians (FPs) in
their care. DESIGN Mail survey of a random sample of patients from the Manitoba Cancer …

Communication between patient/family and the professional medical team is a priority for a
service working with advanced cancer. Family conferences including all those persons …

Objective To explore the needs of cancer patients in palliative care and to determine how
care providers, including family physicians, could meet these needs more fully. Design …

Methods Using qualitative methods, we interviewed 15 family physicians and 15 of their
cancer patients. We asked physicians about care of cancer patients in general and of the …

Purpose General practitioners play an important role in palliative care for cancer patients.
The intensity of care and its medical complexity make palliative care a demanding task for …

In a qualitative study using focus group interviews, family physicians in London, Ont, were
asked to describe how they perceived their role in follow-up cancer patient care. Barriers to …

Purpose: Patients living with cancer identify family physicians (FPs; ie, primary care
physicians) as a preferred resource for supportive cancer care (SCC), either through direct …