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Patients’ and carers’ perspectives of palliative care in general practice: A systematic review with narrative synthesis
Author(s) -
Emilie Green,
Selena Knight,
Merryn Gott,
Stephen Barclay,
Patrick White
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1477-030X
pISSN - 0269-2163
DOI - 10.1177/0269216317748862
Subject(s) - palliative care , cinahl , medicine , nursing , psycinfo , medline , grey literature , thematic analysis , competence (human resources) , narrative , end of life care , family medicine , qualitative research , context (archaeology) , psychology , psychological intervention , social psychology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , paleontology , sociology , political science , law , biology
General practitioners have overall responsibility for community care, including towards end of life. Current policy places generalists at the centre of palliative care provision. However, little is known about how patients and carers understand the general practitioner's role.

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