How does a new breathlessness support service affect patients?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1515-1518

  Gysels, Marjolein ^a,b   Reilly, Charles C ^a,c   Jolley, Caroline J ^a,c   Pannell, Caty ^a   Spoorendonk, Femke ^a   Bellas, Helene ^c   Madan, Preety ^c   Moxham, John ^a,c   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 84946572584     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00751-2015     Document Type: Letter

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