Palliative care or end-of-life care in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective community survey

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 587, 2011, Pages

  White, Patrick ^a   White, Suzanne ^a   Edmonds, Polly ^a   Gysels, Marjolein ^a   Moxham, John ^a   Seed, Paul ^a   Shipman, Cathy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Dyspnoea; Epidemiology; Palliative care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COR PULMONALE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEROID THERAPY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80053200662     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X578043     Document Type: Article

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