Understanding Breathlessness: Cross-Sectional Comparison of Symptom Burden and Palliative Care Needs in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cancer

2010239 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Claudia Bausewein

Sara Booth

Marjolein Gysels · Universitat de Barcelona

Robert Kühnbach

B Haberland

Irene J Higginson

Abstract

Symptom burden and palliative care needs of breathless patients with severe COPD are considerable and as high as among patients with advanced primary and secondary lung cancer although patients with COPD have a longer survival.

Topics & Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Cancer survivorship and care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 1109-1118

DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0068

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