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The Opinion of General Practitioners, Medical Students, and Other Medical Specialists on Palliative Care in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, the patient is entitled to palliative care in case of incurable disease with an unfavourable prognosis. Palliative care is provided by the family doctor/GP and institutions. Literature on palliative care providing is scarce. The objective of the study was to investigate the opinion of g...
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Published in: | International Journal of Palliative Care 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-4 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | In Bulgaria, the patient is entitled to palliative care in case of incurable disease with an unfavourable prognosis. Palliative care is provided by the family doctor/GP and institutions. Literature on palliative care providing is scarce. The objective of the study was to investigate the opinion of general practitioners, medical students, and other medical specialists working in institutions on palliative care. Method. We have developed a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics have been calculated for all items. Differences between groups have been compared using u-criterion. Level of significance was P |
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ISSN: | 2356-7074 2314-579X |
DOI: | 10.1155/2014/631798 |