Referral Practices of Cardiologists to Specialist Palliative Care in Canada

Background: Patients with heart failure have palliative care needs that can be effectively addressed by specialist palliative care (SPC). Despite this, SPC utilization by this patient population is low, suggesting barriers to SPC referral. We sought to determine the referral practices of cardiologis...

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Main Authors: Michael J. Bonares, MD, Ken Mah, PhD, Jane MacIver, RN, PhD, Lindsay Hurlburt, MD, Ebru Kaya, MD, Gary Rodin, MD, Heather Ross, MD, MHSc, Camilla Zimmermann, MD, PhD, Kirsten Wentlandt, MD, PhD, MHSci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20302110