The active identification and management of chronic refractory breathlessness is a human right

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-394

  Currow, David C ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b   Ko, Danielle N ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Palliative Care Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC REFRACTORY BREATHLESSNESS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW;

PALLIATIVE CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84895922050     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204701     Document Type: Review

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