… lung disease registry, which previously demonstrated that only half of centres assessed
palliative care … Low referral rates and late referrals to specialist palliative care team have been …

… 4% of hospice inpatients had non malignant diseases. In the US, hospice and palliative care
is also an underused facility in treating patients with end stage lung disease.3 Patients with …

… Recent work describing a single self-report survey demonstrated a significant strong
predictive value of respiratory symptoms for mortality from obstructive lung disease over a 30-year …

… However, progress has been slow and patients with COPD still face barriers to palliative
care referral. The disease has an unpredictable course, punctuated by frequent exacerbations …

… Palliative care is widely implemented into the treatment of cancer patients; however, it is less
commonly used for people with chronic lung disease. … of palliative care in COPD still exist. …

… integration of palliative care for adult people with COPD or … of palliative care, provide a
clinician guide to palliative care … care, which often refers to care for the dying or a location of …

… palliative care needs of people living with end-stage progressive idiopathic fibrotic interstitial
lung disease… of progressive idiopathic fibrotic interstitial lung disease patients’ and informal …

… Referral to palliative care brings up emotion “I often say ‘This is … disease and people often
die of their lung disease,’ but then when I add ‘Maybe you should see our palliative care team …

… This article examines why patients with severe advanced stage COPD do not receive
appropriate palliative care simultaneously when receiving active treatment despite presenting with …

… palliative care concerns and this work shows that evidence based palliative interventions such
… the case conference can be developed and robustly evaluated to improve and direct care. …