Background: No primary practice care model has been shown to be superior in achieving
high-quality primary care. We aimed to identify the organizational characteristics of primary …

Background In Canada, many health authorities recommend that primary care physicians (PCP)
stay involved throughout their patients’ cancer journey to increase continuity of care. …

PURPOSE There has been little research describing the involvement of family physicians in
the follow-up of patients with cancer, especially during the primary treatment phase. We …

Background Facilitation is a powerful approach to support practice change. The purpose of
this study is to better understand the facilitation roles exercised by both external facilitators …

ObjectivesDiagnosis of cancer is emotionally threatening not only for patients but also for
their family caregivers (FC) who witness and share much of the illness experience. This study …

Background: The chronic care model provides a framework for improving the management
of chronic diseases. Participatory research could be useful in developing a chronic care …

OBJECTIVE To explore terminally ill patients' perceptions of their own suffering in order to
describe, from these patients' perspective, some elements of health care providers' response …

Objective To evaluate the link between the quantity and quality of continuing professional
development (CPD) activities completed by family physicians in Quebec and the quality of their …

Purpose This study aims to describe emotional distress and quality of life (QoL) of patients
at different phases of their lung cancer and the association with their family physician (FP) …

The essential mandate of medicine is the relief of suffering. However, the quest for an integrated
model towards a conceptualization of suffering is still ongoing and empirical studies are …