Increasing challenges of general practitioner-oncologist interaction in end-of-life communication: a qualitative study

Abstract Background The timely initiation of end-of-life (EOL) conversations is considerered best practice for patients with advanced cancer and therefore recommended in oncological guidelines. General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in the coordination of EOL-care and often claim that they have...

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Published in:	BMC Palliative Care
Main Authors:	Matthias Villalobos, Anastasia Korezelidou, Laura Unsöld, Nicole Deis, Michael Thomas, Anja Siegle
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-02-01
Subjects:	End-of-life communication Interdisciplinary communication Cancer care coordination Primary care Palliative care
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01690-w