Finding their place - general practitioners' experiences with palliative care-a Norwegian qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modern palliative care focuses on enabling patients to spend their remaining time at home, and dying comfortably at home, for those patients who want it. Compared to many European countries, few die at home in Norway. General practitioners' (GPs') involvement in palliative care may increase patients' time at home and achievements of home death. Norwegian GPs are perceived as missing in this work. The aim of this study is to explore GPs' experiences in palliative care regarding their involvement in this work, how they define their role, and what they think they realistically can contribute towards palliative patients.

Methods

We performed focus group interviews with GPs, following a semi-structured interview guide. We included four focus groups with a total of 25 G

SUBMITTER: Fasting A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature