El objetivo de este trabajo consistió en identificar el papel del médico de familia en la
atención de pacientes y familias en el final de la vida, teniendo en cuenta el aumento en la …

Background: Primary care physicians (PCPs) frequently have long-term relationships with
patients as well as their families. As such they are well positioned to care for their patients at …

Context As funding for home-based palliative care continues to expand, there is an
increasing need to understand barriers to patient referral to and acceptance of home-based …

Background: Evidence shows the benefits of having a family physician (FP) at the heart of a
care team that delivers palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC). However, FPs have …

Background: Although examining perspectives of patients on integrated palliative care
organisation is essential, available literature is largely based on administrative data or …

Background: Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the financing landscape for fee-for-
service health care lacked broad structure and incentives to provide palliative care outside …

Background: Primary care (PC) is the foundation of the Kenyan health care system,
providing comprehensive care, health promotion and managing all illnesses across the …

Background Palliative care can improve end-of-life care and reduce health care
expenditures, but the optimal timing for initiation remains unclear. We sought to characterize …

Introduction The provision of palliative end-of-life care (P/EOLc) for patients, wherever they
live, is an increasingly important service, particularly given the increasing rates of cancer …

Background: Primary palliative care is needed to meet the complex needs of patients with
serious illness and their families. However, patient perceptions of primary palliative care are …