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Palliative care in severe COPD: how and when?

Anna Moore

Correspondence to Anna Moore, ST3 in respiratory medicine, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 0RY, UK; annamoore83{at}yahoo.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200115

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Palliative care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an area that needs development. Existing palliative care models for cancer and chronic diseases such as heart failure do not seem to fit well with problems encountered by patients with COPD. This study obtained qualitative data about living and dying with COPD from serial interviews with 21 patients with end-stage …

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