title: [Principles of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment and patients' expectations].
abstract: The article describes current, consistent with valid standards aims of treatment chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), focusing on perception of disease by patients. The methods of clinical status and patients' quality of life measurements have been introduced.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pneumonologii Wydziału Lekarskiego Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Władysław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pierzchała
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osławska-Dzierzega
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life