Integrated Palliative Care of Respiratory Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bourke, Stephen J. (Editor), Peel, Edwin Timothy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Internal Medicine.

Palliative care of respiratory disease is often complex because of the high level of symptoms experienced by these patients and the variable and sometimes unpredictable trajectories of these diseases. It is often most appropriate to integrate palliative care into the multidisciplinary team with spec...