Family physicians' role in palliative care throughout the care continuum: Stakeholder perspectives

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 694-700

  Beernaert, Kim ^a,b   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a,b   Van Thienen, Katrien ^a   Devroey, Dirk ^a   Pardon, Koen ^a,b   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Cohen, Joachim ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cancer care; Chronic disease; Continuity of care; Dementia; End of life care; Oncology; Palliative care; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AGED; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84958156836     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv072     Document Type: Article

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