Comparison of training needs and initiatives to improve end of life care for patients with cirrhosis by specialty
| Liver professionals | General practice | Specialist palliative care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Per cent | N | Per cent | N | Per cent | |
| Comparison of training needs of liver and general practice professionals | ||||||
| Symptom control | 101 | 66 | 31 | 91 | ||
| End of life issues | 101 | 66 | 18 | 53 | ||
| Ethical decision making | 55 | 36 | 9 | 27 | ||
| Bereavement counselling | 52 | 34 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Social/family | 45 | 29 | 8 | 24 | ||
| Communicating difficult news | 40 | 26 | 8 | 24 | ||
| Other | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Total | 154 | 34 | ||||
| Initiatives that would improve end of life care for patients with cirrhosis by specialty | ||||||
| Improved liaison between secondary and primary care | 69 | 39 | 90 | 37 | ||
| Improved provision of specialist palliative care | 86 | 48 | 64 | 26 | ||
| More education opportunities in specialist liver units | 21 | 12 | 71 | 29 | ||
| Other | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Total | 179 | 245 | ||||