End-of-life care quality deficiencies have in part been linked to inadequate physician skill in the technical and communication domains of palliative care. Yet few studies have examined physicians' perspectives regarding their experiences caring for patients approaching the end of life.
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 141 MacNider Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. garywinz@med.unc.edu