201
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Educational needs in palliative care: A survey of GPs and community nurses

, &
Pages 99-103 | Received 11 Aug 2000, Accepted 01 May 2001, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

References

  • Clark D, Have H, Janssens R. Common threads? Palliative care service developments in seven European countries. Palliat Med 2000; 14: 479–90
  • Lunt B. Terminal cancer care services: Recent changes in regional inequalities in Great Britain. Soc Sci Med 1985; 20: 753–9
  • Clark D. Originating a movement: Cicely Saunders and the development of St Christopher's Hospice, 1957–67. Mortality 1998; 3: 43–63
  • Saunders C. What's In A Name. Palliat Med 1987; 1: 57–61
  • Townsend J, Frank A O, Fermont D, Dyer S, Karran O, Walgrove A, et al. Terminal cancer care and patients' preference for place of death: a prospective study. Br Med J 1990; 301: 415–7
  • Hinton J. Can home care maintain an acceptable quality of life for patients with terminal cancer and their relatives?. Palliat Med 1994; 8: 183–96
  • Cartwright A. Changes in life and care in the year before death 1969–1987. J Public Health Med 1991; 13(2)81–7
  • Barclay S. Palliative care in the community - the role of the primary health care team. Palliat Care Today 1998; 4: 46–7
  • Charlton R. Palliative care in general practice. Palliative care is integral to practice. BMJ 1995; 311(7018)1503
  • Field D. Special not different: general practitioners' accounts of their care of dying people. Soc Sci Med 1998; 46(9)1111–20
  • Pugh E. An investigation of general practitioner referrals to palliative care services. Palliat Med 1996; 10(3)251–7
  • Hatcliffe S, Smith P, Daw R. District nurses' perceptions of palliative care at home. Nurs Times 1996; 92(41)36–7
  • Barclay S, Todd C, Grande G, Lipscombe J. How common is medical training in palliative care? A postal survey of general practitioners. Brit J Gen Pract 1997; 47: 800–5
  • Millar D. Palliative care experience and training of Scottish General Practitioner Trainees. Health Bull 1996; 54(3)248–51
  • Lloyd-Williams M, Lloyd-Williams F. Palliative care teaching and today's general practitioners - is it adequate?. Eur J Cane Care 1996; 5: 242–5
  • Grande G, Barclay S, Todd C. Difficulty of symptom control and general practitioners' knowledge of patients' symptoms. Palliat Med 1997; 11: 399–406
  • Blyth AC. Audit of final care in a general practice. BMJ 1990; 300: 983–6
  • Sykes N P, Pearson S E, Chell S. Quality of care of the terminally ill: the carer's perspective. Palliat Med 1992; 6: 227–36
  • Field D, McGaughey J. An evaluation of palliative care services for cancer patients in the Southern Health and Social Services Board of Northern Ireland. Palliat Med 1998; 12: 83–97
  • Butler D. Palliative Care in General Practice - a new initiative. Eur J Palliat Care 1994; 1: 8–10
  • Davison D. Report of the Facilitator for Northern Ireland. Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund and the Royal College of General Practitioners, Belfast May, 1994
  • Shipman C, Addington-Hall J, Barclay S, Briggs J, Cox I, Daniels L, et al. Providing palliative care in primary care: how satisfied are GPs and district nurses with current out-of-hours arrangements?. Brit J Gen Pract 2000; 50(455)477–8
  • Shipman C, Addington-Hall J, Barclay S. Educational opportunities in palliative care; what do General Practitioners want?. Palliat Med 2001; 15: 21–5
  • Higginson I. Palliative Care Services in the community: What do family doctors want?. J Palliat Care 1999; 15(2)21–5
  • Caiman K, Hine D. A policy framework for commissioning cancer services; a report by the Expert Advisory Group on Cancer to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales: guidance for purchasers and providers of cancer services. Department of Health, London 1995
  • Campbell H. Cancer services - Investing for the future. Report of the Cancer Working Group. DHSS, Belfast May, 1996
  • Rapin C-H, Weber A. Palliative care: training needs, developments, difficulties and perspectives. Palliat Med 1991; 5: 222–32
  • Wakefield M, Beilby J, Ashby M. General practitioners and palliative care. Palliat Med 1993; 7: 117–26
  • McKenna H, Keeney S, Nevin L. Perceptions of GPs and DNs on the role of hospice home-care nurses. Inter J Palliat Nurs 1999; 5(6)288–95
  • McLlfatrick S, Curran C. District nurses' perception of palliative care services: part 1. Inter J Palliat Nurs 1999; 5(5)215–22
  • Greenstreet WM. Teaching spirituality in nursing: a literature review. Nurse Ed Today 1999; 19: 649–58
  • Kellehear A. Spirituality and palliative care: a model of needs. Palliative Medicine 2000; 14(2)149–55
  • Macleod R, James C. Improving the effectiveness of palliative care education. Palliat Med 1997; 11: 375–80
  • Sheldon F. The life so short, the craft so hard to learn: a model for post-basic education in palliative care. Palliat Med 1996; 10: 99–104
  • Sheldon F. Education for palliative care professionals - the future [comment]. Eur J Palliat Care 1995; 2(1)4
  • Doyle D. Education in Palliative Medicine (Editorial). Palliat Med 1996; 10: 91–2
  • Oliver D. Training in palliative care [letter]. Brit J Gen Pract 1998; 48(428)1095
  • Franks A, Rudd N. Medical student teaching in a hospice - what do the patients think about it?. Palliat Med 1997; 11: 395–8
  • Jeffrey D. Education in palliative care: a qualitative evaluation of the present state and the needs of general practitioners and community nurses. Eur J Cane Care 1994; 3: 67–74

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.