Barriers and facilitators for general practitioners to engage in advance care planning: A systematic review

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-226

  De Vleminck, Aline ^a   Houttekier, Dirk ^a   Pardon, Koen ^a   Deschepper, Reginald ^a   Van Audenhove, Chantal ^b   Vander Stichele, Robert ^a,c   Deliens, Luc ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Barriers; Belgium; Facilitators; General practice; General practitioner; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84890035111     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2013.854590     Document Type: Review

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