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[Palliative care in primary care: the opinion of professionals]
M A Benítez del Rosario1, A Salinas Martín, A Asensio Fraile
1Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos, C. H. La Candelaria y Gerencia de APS de Tenerife. mabenitez@comtf.es
Objectives:
To find the views and attitudes of primary care professionals to the setting-up of a palliative treatments programme.
Design:
A qualitative research study with discussion groups.
Setting:
Primary care.
Participants:
60 primary care professionals, 30 doctors and 30 nurses, selected at random and placed in 6 discussion groups.
Measurements And Main Results:
Collection and analysis of the views expressed in the discussion groups. The professionals saw as problems: poor communication between levels of care, inadequate organisation and communication within the primary care teams and difficulties in obtaining opiates at pharmacy offices. Lack of training was not seen as a problem. The care organisation models suggested varied from those based on the first care level to those exclusively dependent on specialist units.
Conclusions:
The proper development of palliative treatment is subject to various problems identified by the professionals. These have to be tackled before the programmes are set up.
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