How good is UK primary care at identifying patients for generalist and specialist palliative care: a mixed methods study.

Lilen Zheng; Anne Finucane; David Oxenham; Peter McLoughlin; Heather McCutcheon; Scott Murray

How good is UK primary care at identifying patients for generalist and specialist palliative care: a mixed methods study.

Lilen Zheng, Anne Finucane, David Oxenham, Peter McLoughlin, Heather McCutcheon, Scott Murray

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Patients with any progressive disease may benefit from a palliative care approach in the last phase of their life. This includes patients with advanced heart, lung and kidney disease. National and international policy documents and guidelines now call for earlier identification of patients with all advanced life-threatening diseases and frail older persons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	216-222
Journal	European Journal of Pallative Care
Volume	20
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - 2013

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