Comparison of respiratory healthrelated quality of life in patients with intractable breathlessness due to advanced cancer or advanced COPD

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-108

  Javadzadeh, Shagayegh ^a   Chowienczyk, Sarah ^a   Booth, Sara ^b   Farquhar, Morag ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958774836     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000949     Document Type: Article

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