title: Interpreting the language of breathlessness.
abstract: Janelle Yorke and Anne-Marie Russell discuss the sensation of breathlessness and the language used by patients and healthcare professionals to describe it.
authors.forename: Janelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yorke
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015984:Causality; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012660:Semantics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires