Cooperating with a palliative home-care team: expectations and evaluations of GPs and district nurses

• DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1007oa
• Publication Date: 2005-04-15T00:46:57Z
• Authors: Dorthe Goldschmidt; Mogens Groenvold; Anna Thit Johnsen; Annette S Strömgren; Allan Krasnik; Lone Schmidt
• Keywords: District nurse

Background: Palliative home-care teams often cooperate with general practitioners (GPs) and district nurses. Our aim was to evaluate a palliative team from the viewpoint of GPs Methods: nurses received questionnaires at start one month later. Questions focussed on benefits patients, training issues for professionals cooperation between GP/ nurse. A combination closed-and open-ended questions used. Results: Response rate 84% (467/553). Benefits patients were experienced by 91%, mainly due improvement in symptom management, ‘security’, accessibility specialists care. After month, 57% participants reported have learnt aspects care, primarily control, 89% them found satisfactory. Dissatisfaction caused lack information primary-care professionals. Conclusion: welcomed most patients. Strengthened communication initiated would enhance cooperation.