Home palliative care and primary care doctors: integrative literature review
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Objectives: Review on the intervention of primary care doctors in providing home medical care for patients with palliative needs.
Methods: Integrative literature review conducted in June 2021 in MEDLINE/Pubmed, ISI Web of Knowledge, Evidence based Medicine online (BMJ) and Cochrane databases.
Results: Eight articles were included and a thematic division of their conclusions was carried out: end-of-life care and death at home in relation to the availability of primary health care; the view of the patient and the family doctor regarding the place where palliative care is provided; skills that family doctors should develop to provide palliative care; experience of primary health care professionals in providing palliative home care; and the importance of establishing clinical guidelines for the provision of home palliative care.
Conclusion: Family doctors play a key role in the follow-up and guidance of patients with chronic, serious and life-threatening health conditions.
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