Patients' experiences of a new integrated breathlessness support service for patients with refractory breathlessness: Results of a postal survey

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 313-322

  Reilly, Charles C ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^a,b   Pannell, Caty ^a   Moxham, John ^a   Jolley, Caroline J ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

breathlessness; breathlessness support service; cancer; chronic obstructive; Palliative care; pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHLESSNESS SUPPORT SERVICE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMPOWERMENT; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EXPERIENCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALISED CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTAL MAIL; POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTORY BREATHLESSNESS; SELF CARE; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; EMPATHY; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DYSPNEA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84958038188     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315600103     Document Type: Article

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