General practitioners' perspective on timely interprofessional case conferences on non-cancer patients with palliative care needs: a qualitative study (KOPAL).

ABSTRACT: Patients with progressive chronic non-malignant diseases (CNMD) such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure and dementia could benefit from specialist palliative home care (SPHC). The two-arm, cluster randomised controlled KOPAL trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a timely SPHC nurse-patient consultation followed by an interprofessional telephone case conference between general practitioners and SPHC teams. This study was a component of the KOPAL trial and aims to explore general practitioners' (GP) experiences with treating CNMD patients before and with case conferences and with the following consequences for treatment and interprofessional collaboration with SPHC teams. Qualitative evaluation of the KOPAL trial focussing on GPs' perspective. Open

SUBMITTER: Marx G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12382551 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature