General practice utilisation by Australian cancer patients in the last year of life
GP's play a central role in end-of-life care provision for cancer patients, which intensifies in the last months of life. There is room for improvement, with a proportion having little or no engagement, and low rates of home visits and anticipatory medication prescribing.
Authors
- Matthew Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6878-9197)
- Anna Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-0100)
- Vijaya Sundararajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-1865)
- Jennifer A. M. Philip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3312-0645)
- Joel Rhee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-2758)
- Chris Kearney
- Damien McCarthy
- Jon Emery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5274-6336)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Family Practice
- Published
- 2024-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmae062
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09
Funders
- HCF Research Foundation
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- RACGP Foundation
- National Health and Medical Research Council