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Revue médicale suisse · Feb 2017
[« Doctor, I would like to stay at home » About the partnership between a specialized palliative home care team and general practitioners].
- Olivier Giet, Anne Vacanti-Robert, May Monney, and Jocelyne Métrailler.
- Service de médecine palliative, Département de médecine interne et gériatrie, Centre hospitalier du Valais romand, Hôpital de Martigny, Avenue de la Fusion 27, 1920 Martigny.
- Rev Med Suisse. 2017 Feb 1; 13 (548): 315-317.
AbstractDuring home care, general practitioners are faced with complex end-of-life situations. This leads to difficulties in taking care of the patient alone, and may require support from a multi-professional specialized palliative home care team. The palliative care teams follow these situations upon request from the GPs or home nurses, in order to provide help in encountered difficulties. The palliative care teams' activity is based on mentoring, anticipating possible future difficulties and managing crises. In order to have a real working partnership between the home palliative care teams and the GPs it is essential to have a mutual understanding of how each entity works and what kind of help they can provide.
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