Awareness of general practitioners concerning cancer patients' preferences for place of death: Evidence from four European countries

Last updated on 22-8-2019 by Anonymous (not verified)

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BACKGROUND: General Practitioners (GPs) are at the first level of contact in many European healthcare systems and they supposedly have a role in supporting cancer patients in achieving their desired place of death. A four-country (Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain) study was carried out exploring current practices. PATIENTS AND METHODS: EURO SENTI-MELC adopted a retrospective study design and data for this study were collected in 2010 through representative GPs’ networks in four countries. In the current study all non-sudden cancer deaths were included with weekly GP registrations. …

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