Journal article
Systematic review of general practice end-of-life symptom control
GK Mitchell, HE Senior, CE Johnson, J Fallon-Ferguson, B Williams, L Monterosso, JJ Rhee, P McVey, MP Grant, M Aubin, HTG Nwachukwu, PM Yates
BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background End of life care (EoLC) is a fundamental role of general practice, which will become more important as the population ages. It is essential that general practice's role and performance of at the end of life is understood in order to maximise the skills of the entire workforce. Objective To provide a comprehensive description of the role and performance of general practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs) in EoLC symptom control. Method Systematic literature review of papers from 2000 to 2017 were sought from Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, Joanna Briggs Institute and Cochrane databases. results From 6209 journal articles, 46 papers reported GP performance in symptom manage..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioner/HCF grant in 2013.