title: Palliative care concepts in respiratory disease.
abstract: Many respiratory diseases besides lung cancer are still not curable. There is an unmet need for palliative care, especially in non-malignant conditions. In this article we focus on symptomatic treatment of typical symptoms in respiratory disease beyond causal treatment.
authors: Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
authors: D F
authors: DF
authors: Heigener
authors: K F
authors: KF
authors: Rabe
mesh_terms: D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000639:trends*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014853:Walkers / Q000600:supply & distribution