当前位置： SCI文献检索 > BMJ-British Medical Journal期刊下所有文献 > Improving generalist end of life care: national consultation with practitioners, commissioners, academics, and service user groups.

Improving generalist end of life care: national consultation with practitioners, commissioners, academics, and service user groups.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To identify major concerns of national and local importance in the provision, commissioning, research, and use of generalist end of life care. DESIGN:A national consultation and prioritising exercise using a modified form of the nominal group technique. PARTICIPANTS:Healthcare practitioners, commissioners, academics, and representatives of user and voluntary groups. SETTING:Primary and secondary care, specialist palliative care, and academic and voluntary sectors in England and Scotland. RESULTS:74% of those invited (210/285) participated. The stage of life to which "end of life care" referred was not understood in a uniform way. Perceptions ranged from a period of more than a year to the last few days of life. Prominent concerns included difficulties in prognosis and the availability of adequate support for patients with advanced non-malignant disease. Generalists in both primary and secondary care were usually caring for only a few patients approaching the end of life at any one time at a point in time. It was therefore challenging to maintain skills and expertise particularly as educational opportunities were often limited. End of life care took place among many other competing and incentivised activities for general practitioners in the community. More needs to be known about models of end of life care and how these can be integrated in a generalist's workload. A greater evidence base is needed about the effectiveness and application of current tools such as the gold standards framework and Liverpool care pathway and about models of palliation in patients with diseases other than cancer. CONCLUSIONS:Definitions of end of life care need clarification and standardisation. A greater evidence base is needed to define models of good practice together with a commitment to provide education and training and adequate resources for service provision. More needs to be known about the context of provision and the influence of competing priorities and incentives.

journal_name

BMJ

journal_title

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors

Shipman C,Gysels M,White P,Worth A,Murray SA,Barclay S,Forrest S,Shepherd J,Dale J,Dewar S,Peters M,White S,Richardson A,Lorenz K,Koffman J,Higginson IJ

doi

10.1136/bmj.a1720

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-10-01 00:00:00

pages

a1720

eissn

0959-8138

issn

1756-1833

journal_volume

337

pub_type

杂志文章,多中心研究

在线工具

Improving generalist end of life care: national consultation with practitioners, commissioners, academics, and service user groups.