Severe chronic breathlessness in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
is undertreated and few patients access specialist palliative care in the years before death …

COPD is an incurable, progressive illness, with associated significant morbidity and
mortality. Refractory dyspnoea is often undertreated and few patients access palliative care …

Background Calls for better end-of-life care for advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) reflect the large number who die from the disease and their considerable …

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of
respiratory morbidity and mortality with limited data on palliative care and evidence of …

Background: Despite their poor prognosis, patients with severe chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) have little access to palliative care and tend to have a high rate …

Background In early stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dyspnea has
been reported as the main symptom; but at the end of life, patients dying from COPD have a …

Abstract Background and Aim: Consensus has been reached on the need to integrate
palliative care in the follow-up examinations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Introduction: To assess the symptoms experienced and their impact on patients' lives in the
last year of life of COPD, and to assess patients' access to and contact with health services …

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

Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with advanced progressive illness to
relieve symptoms and to provide psychological, social and spiritual support. The goal of …