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

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Shipman, Cathy [1 ,2 ]
Gysels, Marjolein [1 ]
White, Patrick [2 ]
Worth, Allison [3 ]
Murray, Scott A. [3 ]
Barclay, Stephen [4 ]
Forrest, Sarah [4 ]
Shepherd, Jonathan [5 ]
Dale, Jeremy [5 ]
Dewar, Steve [6 ]
Peters, Marilyn [2 ]
White, Suzanne [2 ]
Richardson, Alison [7 ]
Lorenz, Karl [8 ]
Koffman, Jonathan [1 ]
Higginson, Irene J. [1 ]
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[1] Kings Coll London, Dept Palliat Care Policy & Rehabil, Weston Educ Ctr, London SE5 9RJ, England
[2] Kings Coll London, Dept Gen Practice & Primary Care, London SE11 6SP, England
[3] Univ Edinburgh, Primary Palliat Care Res Grp, Edinburgh EH8 9DX, Midlothian, Scotland
[4] Univ Cambridge, Gen Practice & Primary Care Res Unit, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Cambridge CB2 2SR, England
[5] Univ Warwick, Ctr Primary Hlth Care Studies, Warwick Med Sch, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[6] Kings Fund, London W1G 0AN, England
[7] Kings Coll London, Florence Nightingale Sch Nursing & Midwifery, London SE1 8WA, England
[8] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Med, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Syst, Los Angeles, CA 90073 USA
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BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2008年 / 337卷 / 7674期
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10.1136/bmj.a1720
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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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.
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