Frequency of providing a palliative approach to care in family practice: a chart review and perceptions of healthcare practitioners in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most patients nearing the end of life can benefit from a palliative approach in primary care. We currently do not know how to measure a palliative approach in family practice. The objective of this study was to describe the provision of a palliative approach and evaluate clinicians' perceptions of the results.

Methods

We conducted a descriptive study of deceased patients in an interprofessional team family practice. We integrated conceptual models of a palliative approach to create a chart review tool to capture a palliative approach in the last year of life and assessed a global rating of whether a palliative approach was provided. Clinicians completed a questionnaire before learning the results and after, on perceptions of how often they believed a palliative ap

SUBMITTER: Gallagher E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005234 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature