Holistic services for people with advanced disease and chronic or refractory breathlessness: a mixed-methods evidence synthesis

• Main Authors: Matthew Maddocks (Author), Lisa Jane Brighton (Author), Morag Farquhar (Author), Sara Booth (Author), Sophie Miller (Author), Lara Klass (Author), India Tunnard (Author), Deokhee Yi (Author), Wei Gao (Author), Sabrina Bajwah (Author), William D-C Man (Author), Irene J Higginson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom of many advanced diseases, affecting around 2 million people in the UK. Breathlessness increases with disease progression and often becomes chronic or refractory. Breathlessness-triggered services that integrate holistic assessment and s...