An online international comparison of palliative care identification in primary care using the Surprise Question.
Nicola WhiteLinda Jm OostendorpVictoria VickerstaffChristina GerlachYvonne EngelsMaud MaessenChristopher TomlinsonJohan WensBert LeysenGuido BiascoSofia ZambranoSteffen EychmüllerChristina AvgerinouRabih ChattatGiovanni OttoboniCarel VeldhovenPatrick StonePublished in: Palliative medicine (2021)
There is variation between clinicians regarding the use of the Surprise Question. Over half of GPs were not internally consistent in their responses to the Surprise Question. Future research with standardised terms and real patients is warranted.