The needs of patients dying of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the community

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 310-313

  Jones, Ian ^a   Kirby, Angus ^a   Ormiston, Phil ^a   Loomba, Yogesh ^a   Chan, Kung Kim ^a   Rout, Jaya ^a   Nagle, John ^a   Wardman, Lyn ^a   Hamilton, Steve ^a  

^a Bolton Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dying; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; DYSPNEA; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 2942656957     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh317     Document Type: Article

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