Background As doctors who provide care across the life-course, general practitioners (GPs)
play a key role in initiating timely end-of-life discussions. Nonetheless, these discussions are …

Background End-of-life discussions often are not initiated until close to death, even in the
presence of life-limiting illness or frailty. Previous research shows that doctors may not …

Background Early identification of approaching end-of-life and care planning improve
outcomes at the end of life. Nevertheless, the majority of people who die are not identified in …

End-of-life discussions and advanced care planning are part of the healthcare process, and
within the scope of practice for providers. Despite the evidence supporting the effectiveness …

Objective To understand patients' preferences for physician behaviours during end-of-life
communication. Methods We used interpretive description methods to analyse data from …

Abstract Background General practitioners'(GPs) play a central role in facilitating end-of-life
discussions with older patients nearing the end-of-life. However, prognostic uncertainty of …

Previous research on general practitioners'(GPs') involvement in end‐of‐life care has largely
focused on a specific aspect of care or has provided broad overviews that failed to capture …

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 …

Background: Timely and effective communication about end-of-life issues, including
conversations about prognosis and goals of care, are extremely beneficial to terminally ill …

Context Effective communication is central to high-quality end-of-life care. Objectives This
study examined the prevalence of general practitioner (GP)-patient discussion of end-of-life …