Background: Guidelines recommend that pulmonary clinicians involve palliative care in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, integration before advanced …

Introduction Patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
experience significant symptom burden, leading to poor quality of life. Although guidelines …

Rationale: Little direction exists on how to integrate early palliative care in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: We sought to identify patient and family …

Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recognized as being a life-
limiting condition with palliative care needs, palliative care provision is seldom implemented …

Introduction Early palliative care is not a common practice for patients with COPD. Important
barriers are the identification of patients for palliative care and the organization of such care …

This study aims to explore the potential for palliative care among people living with
advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Individual semi-structured …

BACKGROUND: End-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a debilitating,
life-limiting condition. A palliative approach is appropriate for individuals with end-stage …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the only major worldwide cause of
mortality that is currently increasing in prevalence. Furthermore, COPD is incurable, and the …

Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have well-
documented symptoms that affect quality of life. Professional societies recommend palliative …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines recommend early
access to palliative care together with optimal, disease-directed therapy for people with …