The lived experience of breathlessness and its implications for care: A qualitative comparison in cancer, COPD, heart failure and MND

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80054067967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-15     Document Type: Article

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