Unfulfilled palliative care needs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-105

  Varkey, Basil ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; WALKING; WELLBEING;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748647650     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000208448.65478.8f     Document Type: Editorial

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