Palliative care for people with end-stage non-malignant lung disease.
Progressive non-malignant lung disease (PNMLD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the UK. In 1999, chronic lung disease--including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tuberculosis, pulmonary circulatory disease, pneumonoconiosis, sarcoidosis and cystic fibrosis--killed almost 39,000 (British Thoracic Society, 2000), while it is estimated that 600,000 people in the UK have COPD, the most common non-malignant lung disease (BTS, 2001).
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing; D012138:Respiratory Therapy