… normal group, indicating patients’ expectations of good quality life at the end of their lives. …
Role of palliative care in improving the quality of life in elderly with advanced lung disease. …

… the importance of this issue. We identify five barriers to implementing palliative care in patients
with chronic lung disease… of palliative care may increase implementation of advance care …

… palliative therapy have good overall quality of life, while the palliative care group reports
regular quality of life… The symptoms were milder in the palliative therapy and more intense and …

… their advanced stage. METHODS The online questionnaire was de‑ veloped for the purpose
of … , namely, those with advanced COPD and those with lung cancer. The questionnaire was …

… obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? A comparison of palliative care and quality of
life in COPD and lung cancer. Thorax 2000;55:1000–1006. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1000 …

… in the palliative management and EOL care in ALD. Advanced lung disease (ALD) is defined
… a group of progressive, life-limiting, nonmalignant, chronic respiratory diseases that cause …

… in outpatient palliative care visits at key points in their illness … therapy, and after a
hospitalization), while we routinely monitor quality of life to ensure that those whose quality of life …

… disease progression. Thus, we believe the present findings indirectly confirm the role of QoL
in predicting the course of advanced … advanced NSCLC patients slated to receive palliative …

… improve patient care and outcomes [21]. A palliative care model using interdisciplinary teams
has demonstrated ability to improve care for patients with advanced lung disease through …

… Zimmermann and colleagues defined specialist palliative care as a “service of health care
… dinates comprehensive care for patients.”As palliative care aims to improve quality of life, we …