title: The community team.
abstract: The first patient I went to visit during my time working with the respiratory team was a man who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He was frightened of his breathlessness, felt that clinicians had 'given up on him' and thought nothing could be done to help.
authors.affiliation: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Katy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckford
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D006113:United Kingdom