Access to Services for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Invisibility of Breathlessness

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 451-460

  Gysels, Marjolein ^a,b   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

access to services; Breathlessness; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; invisibility; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

DYSPNEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 54249089930     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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