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

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 697-703

  Groot, Marieke M ^a   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^a   Verhagen, Stans C A ^a   Crul, Ben J P ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family; General practitioners; Obstacles; Palliative care; Physicians; Primary care; Quality improvements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 38549179221     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307083384     Document Type: Article

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