TY - JOUR AU - Bove, Dorthe Gaby AU - Lavesen, Marie AU - Jellington, Maria Omel AU - Marsaa, Kristoffer Bastrup-Madsen AU - Herling, Suzanne Forsyth PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/08 TI - First year experiences with a palliative out-patients structure for patients with COPD: a qualitative study of health professionals’ expectations and experiences JO - BMC Palliative Care SP - 113 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - To improve the care of patients with advanced COPD and be able to address their palliative needs a new outpatient organization (CAPTAIN) was developed and implemented. CAPTAIN was inspired by best practice and existing guidelines and changed the traditional organization of an outpatient structure including the roles of nurses and doctors. Only sparse knowledge exists of the health professionals’ expectations and experiences to organizational changes in an outpatient setting. This insight is necessary as health professionals are key stakeholders in implementing new structures and successfully transforming knowledge into practice. The aim of this study was to explore the health professionals’ expectations and experiences of a new palliative out-patients structure for patients with advanced COPD. SN - 1472-684X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0369-2 DO - 10.1186/s12904-018-0369-2 ID - Bove2018 ER -