A community outreach service for people with COPD.
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a nurse-led interagency community outreach service for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The service improved the quality of life of the patients who accessed it. However, difficulties in maintaining the service arose from the historical structure of care delivery and policy frameworks.
Watson
Bill
B
Northumbria University.
Mylotte
Alisa
A
Procter
Susan
S
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010359:Patient Readmission; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration