Changing the conversation around respiratory care and palliative care begins in the consultation room, respiratory nurses Jacqueline Rapaic and Jennifer Lamb write.
Palliative care in respiratory health is not just about the final days of life, it’s about improving the way people live with serious, chronic conditions.
Yet, for many clinicians and patients, the term still carries a stigma of ‘giving up’.
For general practitioners, who are often the first to recognise declining function or increased symptom burden, reframing palliative care as a proactive, supportive approach to quality of life is both a clinical and...
Palliative care in respiratory health is not just about the final days of life, it’s about improving the way people live with serious, chronic conditions.
Yet, for many clinicians and patients, the term still carries a stigma of ‘giving up’.
For general practitioners, who are often the first to recognise declining function or increased symptom burden, reframing palliative care as a proactive, supportive approach to quality of life is both a clinical and...
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