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[Assessment tools for palliative care needs in patients with heart failure in general practice]
Rosemarie Plötzeneder1, Bernhard Iglseder2
1, Hofsteigstraße 69b, 6858, Schwarzach, Österreich. rploetzeneder@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Palliative care of patients with non-oncological, chronic diseases is for the most part achieved by general practicioners (GP). Currently however standardized questionnaires are barely used by GPs to determine the demand. It is far more an intuitive, individual decision, at what time and to what extend a palliative treatment takes place at home. Based on an example of a patient with chronic heart failure, it's determined, if and with which assessment-tools the need for a (specialised) palliative care in general medicine can be detected.
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