Background This consensus statement was developed based on the understanding that
patients with advanced lung or heart disease are not being treated consistently and …

Patients with chronic lung diseases suffer higher symptom burden, lower quality of life, and
greater social isolation compared with patients with other diagnoses, such as cancer. These …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized
by joint inflammation and, in a proportion of patients, extra-articular manifestations (EAM) …

Objectives The aim of this systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), and
quasi-experimental and retrospective studies is to investigate the effects of pulmonary …

Rationale: Palliative care has been focused largely on patients with cancer, and yet patients
with chronic lung diseases also have high morbidity and mortality. The majority of deaths in …

Conclusions The support from family, friends, and fellow church members is important to
positive outcomes among older African American cancer survivors. However …

Lung cancer accounts for 12% of all cancers and has the highest annual rate of mortality in
men and women. The overall aim is cure or prolongation of life without evidence of disease …

The term 'idiopathic interstitial pneumonia'(IIP) encompasses a wide variety of diseases with
different and often unexplained pathophysiology as well as diverse natural histories …

Access to palliative care is insufficient in many countries around the world. In an effort to
improve access to palliative care services and treatments, a public health approach as …

Background: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a complex and heterogeneous group of acute
and chronic lung diseases of several known and unknown causes. While clinical practice …