“It is not the fading candle that one expects”: general practitioners’ perspectives on life-preserving versus “letting go” decision-making in end-of-life home care
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“It is not the fading candle that one expects”: general practitioners’ perspectives on life-preserving versus “letting go” decision-making in end-of-life home care
BACKGROUND Many general practitioners (GPs) are willing to provide end-of-life (EoL) home care for their patients. International research on GPs' approach to care in patients' final weeks of life showed a combination of palliative measures with life-preserving actions. AIM To explore the GP's perspective on life-preserving versus "letting go" decision-making in EoL home care. DESIGN Qualita...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0281-3432,1502-7724
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2015.1118837