Inspiring change: Humanities and social science insights into the experience and management of breathlessness

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 256-261

  Oxley, Rebecca ^a   Macnaughton, Jane ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breathlessness; culture; dyspnoea; language; multidisciplinary research; patient experience

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DYSPNEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84981276144     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000221     Document Type: Review

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