Background: There is increasing demand for primary care practitioners to play a key role in
palliative care delivery. Given this, it is important to understand their perceptions of the …

Background End of life care (EoLC) is a fundamental role of general practice, which will
become more important as the population ages. It is essential that general practice's role …

Mounting evidence supports oncology organizations' recommendations of early palliative
care as a cancer care best practice for patients with advanced cancer and/or high symptom …

Background Generalists such as general practitioners and district nurses have been the
main actors in community palliative care in Norway. Specialised oncology nurses with …

Abstract Background General Practitioners (GPs) are the main providers of primary palliative
care (PPC). At the same time they are the main initiators of specialised palliative homecare …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the structural mechanisms that facilitate or
counteract collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and other providers of …

The aim of the present study is to validate the Self-Efficacy in Palliative Care Scale (SEPC)
in Spanish nursing professionals and students, to describe their levels of self-efficacy, and to …

Abstract Background End of life (EoL) care becomes more complex and increasingly takes
place in the community, but there is little data on the use of general practice (GP) services to …

Abstract Background General practitioners (GPs) may play an important role in providing
end-of-life care to community-dwelling people. Objective To investigate patients' contacts …

Many patients with terminal cancer wish to die at home and general practitioners in the
United Kingdom have a critical role in providing this care. However, it has been suggested …