Improving primary palliative care in the Netherlands:Opportunities and the role of the PaTz-method

Summary This thesis is about improving care for people at the end of their lives who reside in the primary care setting. Palliative care is care for people with a life-threatening illness, focused on symptom alleviation and quality of life rather than on cure or life prolongation. The aim of this thesis is to investigate areas of improvement in primary palliative care and the role that the PaTz method can play in these improvements. PaTz is an initiative to improve palliative care in the primary care setting. The first part of this thesis addresses the potential areas of improvement, and the p... Mehr ...