Palliative care: promoting general practice participation

Palliative care symposium: promoting joint palliative care.

Dr Lesley Colvin (Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh) discussed the challenges of pain management in patients with a history of addiction. Similar to other chronic conditions, substance misuse often follows a relapsing course. Pain is a frequently associated comorbidity. Mortality rates are high but can be reduced by successful methadone maintenance programmes, ...

the concept of palliative care practice among iranian general practitioners

introduction : general practitioners (gps) have the main responsibility in medical and particularly palliative care provision in most of countries, though this is not the current case in iran. development of 'family physician' approach in rural and most of the urban areas in iran, gps will have the main role in care provision. there is no formal palliative care education during general medical ...

End stage heart failure patients - palliative care in general practice.

BACKGROUND Chronic heart failure is common, particularly in older individuals, and comorbidities are frequent. Patients with end stage heart failure can be highly symptomatic and require careful monitoring and treatment adjustment to improve symptoms. OBJECTIVE This article summarises the fundamentals of implementing palliative care in general practice and provides guidelines on caring for ch...

Reflective Practice in Palliative Care

Patient participation in general practice: who participates?

A postal survey of 4066 men and women aged between 16 and 64 years was carried out in a general practice in Oxfordshire which had a patient participation group, established in 1972. The aim of the survey was to ascertain the knowledge and use of the group among adults aged 16-64 years. The adjusted response rate was 73%. Despite the length of the group's existence only 45% of these patients wer...