Focus on general practitioner palliative care

In our thematic focus area "General practitioner palliative care", we carry out scientific projects that aim to improve outpatient, general practitioner care for people.

Our approaches include, for example, the early identification of patients with incurable diseases who could benefit from palliative care or the optimization of framework conditions in GP practices for the provision of palliative care. Our focus here is on general outpatient palliative care. In all our projects, a direct link between practice and science is important to us and the transfer of results is obligatory.

Current projects

• General outpatient palliative care in general practice (ALLPRAX)
• Identification of patients with palliative care needs in hospitals and practices (SPICT)
• Optimal care at the end of life (OPAL)

Completed projects

• National strategy for palliative care in times of pandemic (PallPan)
• Proactive palliative care for elderly patients in the last phase of life (ProPall)
• Development and piloting of the German-language version of the General Practice End of Life Care Index
• End of life care for frail older patients in family practice (ELFOP)