Title |
GPs’ recognition of death in the foreseeable future and diagnosis of a fatal condition: a national survey
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-14-104 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Susanne JJ Claessen, Anneke L Francke, Michael A Echteld, Bart PM Schweitzer, Gé A Donker, Luc Deliens |
Abstract |
Nowadays, palliative care is considered as a care continuum that may start early in the course of the disease. In order to address the evolving needs of patients for palliative care in time, GPs should be aware in good time of the diagnosis and of the imminence of death. The aim of the study was to gain insight into how long before a non-sudden death the diagnosis of the disease ultimately leading to death is made and on what kind of information the diagnosis is based. In addition, we aimed to explore when, and based on what kind of information, GPs become aware that death of a patient will be in the foreseeable future. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 38% |
Australia | 2 | 25% |
Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 27 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 5 | 18% |
Student > Master | 5 | 18% |
Other | 4 | 14% |
Researcher | 4 | 14% |
Professor | 3 | 11% |
Other | 4 | 14% |
Unknown | 3 | 11% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 43% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 21% |
Philosophy | 1 | 4% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 7% |
Unknown | 5 | 18% |