The physician as patient in palliative care: A retrospective case-note audit.

Related Articles The physician as patient in palliative care: A retrospective case-note audit. Palliat Med. 2016 Oct;30(9):889-92 Authors: McMichael LC, Zambrano SC, Crawford GB Abstract BACKGROUND: Dying physicians may present unique challenges to palliative care teams. Studies of dying physicians are scarce, but those that exist suggest a potential absence of a coordinating clinician, prolongation of curative treatments, resistance to palliative care input and barriers to discussing psychosocial needs. AIM: The aim was to describe and examine the care provided to physician-patients referred to an Australian palliative care service, and to identify issues faced by the physician-patient and by the…
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