Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The stories of frequent attenders to the Emergency Department

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 48-56

  Robinson, Karin ^a   Lucas, Elizabeth ^a   van den Dolder, Paul ^b   Halcomb, Elizabeth ^c  

^a Trading as Illawarra Shoalhaven Medicare Local   (Australia)

^b Ambulatory and Primary Health Care   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic disease; COPD; Emergency Department; patient experience

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85041893477     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13842     Document Type: Article

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