Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>According to the Word Health Organization, patients who can benefit from palliative care should be identified earlier to enable proactive palliative care. Up to now, this is not common practice and has hardly been addressed in scient...
Main Authors: | Thoonsen Bregje, Groot Marieke, Engels Yvonne, Prins Judith, Verhagen Stans, Galesloot Cilia, van Weel Chris, Vissers Kris |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-11-01
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Series: | BMC Family Practice |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/12/123 |
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