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@article{citeulike:1219465, abstract = {The purpose of this study was to investigate barriers to adequate symptom control in palliative care within primary care by surveying health professionals' perceptions of their ability to control symptoms and awareness of their patients' symptoms. General practitioners (GPs) and district nurses were surveyed about general views of symptom control. Interviews with terminally ill patients were conducted, and GPs completed questionnaires about these specific patients. GPs and district nurses differed greatly in the symptoms they felt confident in controlling. There was generally low agreement between patients' and GP's reports of patients' symptoms. GPs were most likely to miss symptoms which were perceived to be difficult to control and which were less prevalent in the patient sample. As GPs and district nurses differ in the symptoms they feel confident in controlling, close teamwork between the two professions may enhance the prospects for adequate control of some symptoms. Perceived ability to control symptoms and the prevalence of symptoms may both influence which symptoms come to the attention of the GP. Unless GPs ask directly about symptoms, many symptoms are likely to be missed.}, address = {Cambridgeshire Family Health Services Authority, Cambridge, UK.}, author = {Grande, G. E. and Barclay, S. I. and Todd, C. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1219465}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9472598}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9472598}, comment = {geen full text}, issn = {0269-2163}, journal = {Palliat Med}, keywords = {physician, symptoms}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {399--406}, posted-at = {2007-04-10 20:50:17}, priority = {4}, title = {Difficulty of symptom control and general practitioners' knowledge of patients' symptoms.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9472598}, volume = {11}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1219465 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1219465 N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate barriers to adequate symptom control in palliative care within primary care by surveying health professionals' perceptions of their ability to control symptoms and awareness of their patients' symptoms. General practitioners (GPs) and district nurses were surveyed about general views of symptom control. Interviews with terminally ill patients were conducted, and GPs completed questionnaires about these specific patients. GPs and district nurses differed greatly in the symptoms they felt confident in controlling. There was generally low agreement between patients' and GP's reports of patients' symptoms. GPs were most likely to miss symptoms which were perceived to be difficult to control and which were less prevalent in the patient sample. As GPs and district nurses differ in the symptoms they feel confident in controlling, close teamwork between the two professions may enhance the prospects for adequate control of some symptoms. Perceived ability to control symptoms and the prevalence of symptoms may both influence which symptoms come to the attention of the GP. Unless GPs ask directly about symptoms, many symptoms are likely to be missed. IS - 5 JF - Palliat Med SN - 0269-2163 AD - Cambridgeshire Family Health Services Authority, Cambridge, UK. EP - 406 TI - Difficulty of symptom control and general practitioners' knowledge of patients' symptoms. VL - 11 SP - 399 KW - physician KW - symptoms N1 - geen full text AU - Grande, GE AU - Barclay, SI AU - Todd, CJ PY - 1997/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9472598 ER -