Attitudes to specialist palliative care and advance care planning in people with COPD: a multi-national survey of palliative and respiratory medicine specialists

Attitudes to specialist palliative care and advance care planning in people with COPD: a multi-national survey of palliative and respiratory medicine specialists

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines recommend early access to palliative care together with optimal, disease-directed therapy for people with advanced disease, however, this occurs infrequently. This study explored the approaches of respiratory and palliative...

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Main Authors: Natasha Smallwood, David Currow, Sara Booth, Anna Spathis, Louis Irving, Jennifer Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
COPD
Survey
Health professionals
Palliative care
Attitudes
Advance care planning
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-018-0371-8

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