Physicians' Perspectives on Palliative Care for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease: A National Survey Study.

ABSTRACT: Specialty palliative care (PC) is underused for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). We sought to examine attitudes of hepatologists and gastroenterologists about PC for patients with ESLD. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of these specialists who provide care to patients with ESLD. Participants were recruited from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases membership directory. Using a questionnaire adapted from prior studies, we examined physicians' attitudes about PC and whether these attitudes varied based on patients' candidacy for liver transplantation. We identified predictors of physicians' attitudes about PC using linear regression. Approximately one-third of eligible physicians (396/1236, 32%) completed the survey. Most (95%) believed that centers prov

SUBMITTER: Ufere NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6529275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature