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ArticleBMJ supportive & palliative care2024

Palliative medicine specialist and general practitioner interactions: national survey.

Aleksander Biesiada, Aleksandra Ciałkowska-Rysz, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas

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Article in BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aleksander BiesiadaPolish Society of Family Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland alek.biesiada@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4555-5400
Aleksandra Ciałkowska-RyszLaboratory of Palliative Medicine, Chair of Oncology, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi, Lodz, Poland.
Agnieszka Mastalerz-MigasDepartment of Family Medicine, Piast of Silesia Medical University Wrocław, Wroclaw, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLMiędzyleski Szpital Specjalistyczny w Warszawie · PLWroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe purpose of the study was to investigate the collaboration between primary care and palliative care physicians, which is key to providing comprehensive care, and to identify potential difficulties and needs in referring patients to palliative care.

methodsThe study was conducted as an online survey, available to primary care and palliative care physicians. The data collected during the survey were used to compare perceptions of different specialty physicians' perspectives on various aspects regarding palliative care.

resultsThe results of the study showed significant differences in the assessment of the palliative care services availability (73% of primary care physicians rate it poorly comparing to high rating of 60% by palliative care specialists), as well as disparities between the declarations regarding the criteria used to decide on referral to palliative care (achieving the best quality of life) and the actual referral of patients (primary care physicians are third on the list of specialists referring patients to palliative care). Despite the need for adequate cooperation between family physicians and palliative care physicians, some difficulties were identified, such as primary care physicians' lack of knowledge of the patient palliative care referral criteria, and financial as well as personnel and palliative care facilities' limitations, were identified.

conclusionsThe study confirms the need for better cooperation between primary care physicians and palliative care specialists in Poland. It suggests that educating primary care physicians about palliative care referral criteria can improve the patient referrals accuracy.

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education and traininghome carehospice careprognosisservice evaluationtransitional care

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PMID38176893
PMCPMC11672045
OpenAlexW4390631582

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