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COPD National Strategy - End-of-Life Care
Further resources for professionals  Primary care tools and resourcesPCRS-UK: Opinion sheet: Palliative care for people with COPD Opinion sheet: Home oxygen therapy GSF: The Gold Standards Framework DH: End-of-life care programme IMPRESS: Living and Dying with COPD Key reviews and evidenceBausewein C, Booth S, Gysels M, Higginson IJ. Non-pharmacological interventions for breathlessness in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD005623. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005623.pub2 Jennings AL, Davies AN, Higgins JPT, Anzures-Cabrera J, Broadley KE. Opioids for the palliation of breathlessness in terminal illness. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2001, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD002066. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002066 Spathis A, Booth S. End of life care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: in search of a good death. Int J COPD 2008; 3:11-29 Seamark DA, Seamark CJ, Halpin DM. Palliative care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a review for clinicians. J R Soc Med 2007;100:225-33 Rocker GM, Sinuff T, Horton R, Hernandez P. Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: innovative approaches to palliation. J Palliat Med 2007; 10:783-97 PCRJ publicationsMurray S, Pinnock H, Sheikh A. Palliative care for people with COPD: we need to meet the challenge. Prim Care Respir J 2006; 15:362-4 Dean M. End-of-life care for COPD patients. Prim Care Respir J 2008. 17: 46-50 Policy:Department of Health: End of life care strategy Information for Commissioners IMPRESS: Response to DH (England) End of Life Care Strategy: Quality Markers Consultation |
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Author: Dr Hilary Pinnock, University of Edinburgh, and Whitstable Medical Practice, Kent |
Editor: Dr Mark Levy, Kingsbury, London
This COPD National Strategy Quick Reference Guide is provided to you by the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) and is an interpretation of the document Consultation on a Strategy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in England (February 2010) written by the Department of Health. This Quick Reference Guide has been supported by an educational grant from Allen & Hanburys, the specialist respiratory division of GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca UK Ltd and Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd/Pfizer Ltd. The views expressed in the materials are not necessarily those of either the Department of Health, the sponsors or the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK). © PCRS-UK |
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End-of-life Care Resources