The last year of life of COPD: a qualitative study of symptoms and services
Respiratory MedicinePublished 27 January 2004Open access
Helena Elkington, Patrick White, Julia Addington‐Hall, Roger Higgs, Catherine Johnson Pettinari
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Breathlessness causes major disability to patients with COPD in the last year of life and the expertise of palliative care in treating breathlessness may be valuable in these patients many of whom lacked regular health service contact in the year before death.
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Breathlessness causes major disability to patients with COPD in the last year of life. The expertise of palliative care in treating breathlessness may be valuable in these patients many of whom lacked regular health service contact in the year before death. Patients who are housebound with high levels of morbidity require community health services. Respiratory nurse specialists were rarely involved in the patients' care and may provide a link between the GP, the chest physician and the palliative care team.
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