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Should palliative care be a specialty?

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Patrick Vinay
Canadian Family Physician June 2008, 54 (6) 841-843;
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  • Published on: (24 June 2008)
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    Palliative Care as a specialty

    Palliative Care has been recognised as a speciality in the UK for a number of years, with well established training programs. It is surprising that Dr Vinay did not refer to this in his article.

    There is also in the UK a recognition of specialist versus generalist palliative care, and it seems he is referring to the role of the family physician as generalist rather than specialist.

    Competing Interests: None declared.
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