Barriers to advance care planning in cancer, heart failure and dementia patients: A focus group study on general practitioners' views and experiences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84898667121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084905     Document Type: Article

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