Identifying Palliative Patients in General Practice: Focusing on the Place of Death and the Vital Role of Specialized Home Palliative Care: An Observational Study.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0037
Abstract: Objectives: Specialist palliative care was introduced into the German health care system for patients at the end of life. The primary objective of this study was to assess whether the provision of specialist home palliative… read more here.
Keywords: palliative care; care; home palliative; palliative patients ... See more keywords
Expectations, end-of-life fears and end-of-life communication among palliative patients with cancer and caregivers: a cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058531
Abstract: Objectives During serious illness, open communication with caregivers can ensure high-quality care. Without end-of-life communication, caregivers may become surrogates and decision-makers without knowing the patient’s preferences. However, expectations and fears may influence the initiation of… read more here.
Keywords: life communication; palliative patients; end life; life ... See more keywords
Advance care planning conversations with palliative patients: looking through the GP’s eyes
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DOI: 10.1186/s12875-018-0868-5
Abstract: BackgroundAlthough it is often recommended that general practitioners (GPs) initiate advance care planning (ACP), little is known about their experiences with ACP. This study aimed to identify GP experiences when conducting ACP conversations with palliative… read more here.
Keywords: palliative patients; care planning; conversations palliative; advance care ... See more keywords
'We need a physician who is a human being too': exploration of barriers and facilitators for hospitalised palliative patients and their families to discuss advance care planning.
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DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2019.25.12.603
Abstract: BACKGROUND Advance care planning (ACP) is not well implemented in hospital. Implementation theory stresses the importance of knowing what hospitalised palliative patients and their families experience as barriers or as facilitators in the uptake of… read more here.
Keywords: hospitalised palliative; care planning; patients families; palliative patients ... See more keywords