Palliative care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

European Respiratory Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Cawley, Declan ^a   Pinnock, Hilary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); End of life care; End of life locality registers; Holistic; Needs; Palliative care; Supportive care; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870047387     PISSN: 17545552     EISSN: 17545560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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