The role of general practitioners in continuity of care at the end of life: a qualitative study of terminally ill patients and their next of kin

Abstract

At the end of life when physicians can no longer rely on biomedical models of diagnosis-therapy-cure, patients' perspectives are of utmost importance. This qualitative study made it possible to gain insights into terminal patients' perceptions of continuous primary end-of-life care. It clarifies the concept and identifies barriers to it.