Improving the quality of life of people with advanced respiratory disease and severe breathlessness.

ABSTRACT: Advanced respiratory disease imposes a greater symptom burden than many cancers but not does have comparable recognition of the need for supportive and palliative care or the infrastructure for its systematic delivery. Consequently, many people with advanced respiratory disease (and those closest to them) have a poor quality of life, disabled by chronic breathlessness, fatigue and other symptoms. They are socially isolated by the consequences of long-term illness and are often financially impoverished. The past decade has seen an increasing realisation that care for this group must improve and that symptom management must be prioritised. Clinical guidelines recommend person-centred care, including access to supportive and palliative care as needed, as part of standard medical practice. Adv

SUBMITTER: Booth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717608 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature