Palliative care: promoting general practice participation

Mitchell, Geoffrey K; Reymond, Elizabeth J; McGrath, Barry P M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05885.x

Topics

Specialist palliative care services and services involved in the pre-palliative phase of a patient’s disease must accept GPs as an integral part of the care team

1 Centre for General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD.
2 Palliative Care Service, Mt Olivet Hospital, Kangaroo Point, QLD.
3 Department of Rural Health, University of Melbourne, Shepparton, VIC.

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