Home-based palliative care management: what are the useful resources for general practitioners? a qualitative study among GPs in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most French people (71%) would like to die at home, but only one out of four actually do. While the difficulties inherent in the practice of home-based palliative care are well described, few studies highlight the resources currently used by general practitioners (GPs) in real life. We have therefore sought to highlight the resources actually used by GPs providing home-based palliative care.

Methods

Twenty-one GPs of different ages and practice patterns agreed to participate to this qualitative study based upon semi-structured interviews. They were recruited according to a purposive sampling. Transcripts analysis was based upon General Inductive Analysis.

Results

The resources highlighted have been classified into two main categories according to whether th

SUBMITTER: Boudy CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7603704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature