The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Multicenter Study
Care of people dying with malignant and cardiorespiratory disease in general practice.
Provision of palliative care for people dying with malignant disease is a well-characterised aspect of general practice workload. The nature of end-of-life care of people with non-malignant disease is less well described. ⋯ People who died with cardiorespiratory disease were less likely to be in receipt of formally identified terminal care and were likely to have had fewer drugs prescribed for palliation than people with malignant disease, yet they make similar demands of practices. They are likely to have unmet needs with respect to palliation of symptoms.