A survey of palliative care domains and the palliative care provision confidence of Thai family practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite continuously growing, palliative care in Thailand still needs further development. Many family physicians provide various levels of palliative care. However, there is no information regarding what aspects of palliative care family practitioners provide and how much confidence they have. This study aims to identify gaps between expected care domains and provided care and to reveal the domains in which family physicians are less confident.

Method

This study is a cross-sectional survey study. An online questionnaire was publicly published to recruit target participants, Thai family physicians who have received formal residency training and actively practice medicine. The estimated number of actively practising family physicians was 540 persons. Participants

SUBMITTER: Wongprom I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10552241 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature