Update on complex nonpharmacological interventions for breathlessness

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-152

  Yates, Patsy ^a   Zhao, Isabella ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Interventions; Management; Nonpharmacological; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863649317     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e3283536413     Document Type: Review

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