"Good idea but not feasible" - the views of decision makers and stakeholders towards strategies for better palliative care in Germany: a representative survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Statements on potential measures to improve palliative care in Germany predominantly reflect the points of view of experts from specialized palliative care organizations. By contrast, relatively little is known about the views of representatives of organizations and institutions that do not explicitly specialize in palliative care, but are involved to a relevant extent in the decision-making and policy-making processes. Therefore, for the first time in Germany, we carried out a representative study of the attitudes of a broad range of different stakeholders acting at the national or state level of the health care system.

Methods

442 organizations and institutions were included and grouped as follows: patient organizations, nursing organizations, medical associatio

SUBMITTER: Lueckmann SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2722585 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature