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Communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care: protocol for a systematic review with narrative synthesis
2021
BMJ Open
IntroductionPeople dying in Britain spend, on average, 3 weeks of their last year of life in hospital. Hospital discharge presents an opportunity for secondary care clinicians to communicate to general practitioners (GPs) which patients may have a poor prognosis. This would allow GPs to prioritise these patients for Advance Care Planning.The objective of this study is to produce a critical overview of research on the communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care through a
doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055731
pmid:34949630
pmcid:PMC9066345
fatcat:s2bygkzp2fbija7qhb4wdke7tu