Factors influencing GPs' perception of specialised palliative homecare (SPHC) importance–results of a cross-sectional study

K Stichling, M Krause, B Ditscheid, M Hach, M Jansky… - BMC palliative …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

General practitioners' perspectives on general and specialized palliative home care in North Rhine, Germany: an explorative focus group study

S Peter, AM Volkert, H Pfaff… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: General practitioners (GPs) are important providers and coordinators of
palliative home care (PHC). Through this double role, their perspectives and their treatment …

“He is not that important anymore” General practitioners in a specialized palliative home care setting from a patient's point of view

S Schwabe, G Ates, B Ewert, J Hasselaar… - Bundesgesundheitsblatt …, 2017 - Springer
Background The outpatient medical care of palliative patients (PPs) has always fallen within
the duties of general practitioners. Since the specialized palliative out-patient care (SAPV) …

Finding their place–general practitioners' experiences with palliative care—a Norwegian qualitative study

A Fasting, I Hetlevik, BP Mjølstad - BMC Palliative Care, 2022 - Springer
Background Modern palliative care focuses on enabling patients to spend their remaining
time at home, and dying comfortably at home, for those patients who want it. Compared to …

Primary palliative Care in General Practice–study protocol of a three-stage mixed-methods organizational health services research study

H Ewertowski, F Tetzlaff, S Stiel, N Schneider… - BMC palliative …, 2018 - Springer
Background The focus of this project is on improving the provision of primary palliative care
(PC) by general practitioners (GPs). While approximately 10–15% of the incurable, seriously …

Experiences of Dutch general practitioners and district nurses with involving care services and facilities in palliative care: a mixed methods study

I Koper, HRW Pasman… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Generals practitioners (GPs) and district nurses (DNs) play a leading
role in providing palliative care at home. Many services and facilities are available to support …

Home-based palliative care management: what are the useful resources for general practitioners? a qualitative study among GPs in France

CA Boudy, T Bouchez, D Caprini, I Pourrat, S Munck… - BMC Family …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Most French people (71%) would like to die at home, but only one out
of four actually do. While the difficulties inherent in the practice of home-based palliative …

Increasing the chance of dying at home: roles, tasks and approaches of general practitioners enabling palliative care: a systematic review of qualitative literature

S Balasundram, A Holm, KS Benthien, FB Waldorff… - BMC primary care, 2023 - Springer
Background Many elderly people wish to die at home but end up dying at the hospital. If the
patient wishes to die at home, palliative care provided by General Practitioners (GPs) may …

Challenges experienced by GPs when providing palliative care in the UK: a systematic qualitative literature review

R Jones, J Dale, J MacArtney - BJGP open, 2023 - bjgpopen.org
Background GPs in the UK will face increased palliative care demands in the coming years.
Understanding what makes providing palliative care difficult for GPs is an important step to …

Obstacles to the delivery of primary palliative care as perceived by GPs

MM Groot, MJFJ Vernooij-Dassen… - Palliative …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: In order to facilitate GPs in their work and increase the possibilities for patients
to remain at home, it is important to identify the obstacles which hinder the delivery of …