Helen Mitchell, Simon Noble, Ilora Finlay and Annmarie
Nelson
Within the UK, general practitioners (GPs) are required to maintain a register of palliative patients under their care. We explored GPs' views of what defines a palliative care patient in the context of identifying clinical service needs. Achieving health policy targets which require identification of palliative patients will continue to be a challenge until a workable and reliable definition of the term ‘palliative’ is agreed upon.
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