Optimal care at the end of life (OPAL): study protocol of a prospective interventional mixed-methods study with pretest-posttest-design in a primary health care setting considering the view of general practitioners, relatives of deceased patients and health care stakeholders

• Main Authors: Kambiz Afshar (Author), Gabriele Müller-Mundt (Author), Katharina van Baal (Author), Sophie Schrader (Author), Birgitt Wiese (Author), Jutta Bleidorn (Author), Stephanie Stiel (Author), Nils Schneider (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background At the end of life, about 85-90% of patients can be treated within primary palliative care (PC) provided by general practitioners (GPs). In Germany, there is no structured approach for the provision of PC by GPs including a systematic as well as timely identification of patients...