End-of-life care in general practice: A cross-sectional, retrospective survey of ‘cancer’, ‘organ failure’ and ‘old-age/dementia’ patients.

The article presents a study aimed to describe and evaluate the end-of-life care for Dutch patients who died from cancer, organ failure and old age or dementia by general practitioners. The study was conducted through a cross-sectional and a retrospective within a sentinel network of general practitioners. The results of the study reveal the need to integrate palliative care accompanied by optimal disease management.