Early identification of patients in need of palliative care in slovenian general practice

Early identification of patients in need of palliative care in slovenian general practice

To help general practitioners (GPs) in early identification of patients with palliative care (PC) needs, this pilot study aimed to determine the potential of the combined original surprise question (SQ1) (‘Would I be surprised if this patient died within the next 12 months?’) and the second surprise...

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Main Authors: Klok Lisette, Engels Yvonne, Veldhoven Carel, Rotar Pavlič Danica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-04-01
Series:Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
palliative care
surprise question
general practitioners
slovenia
cancer
organ failure
frail elderly
dementia
paliativna oskrba
vprašanje presenečenja
splošni zdravniki
slovenija
rak
odpoved organov
krhkost pri starostnikih
demenca
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0008
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Summary:To help general practitioners (GPs) in early identification of patients with palliative care (PC) needs, this pilot study aimed to determine the potential of the combined original surprise question (SQ1) (‘Would I be surprised if this patient died within the next 12 months?’) and the second surprise question (SQ2) (‘Would I be surprised if this patient was still alive after 12 months?’). We hypothesized that answering these SQs would trigger them to make a multidimensional care plan.
ISSN:1854-2476

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