A multidisciplinary approach to managing breathlessness in lung cancer

摘要: Patients with lung cancer often experience symptoms, especially breathlessness, that they put down to the disease process, but which may respond both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Breathlessness can lead a significant impairment in ability of person normal life. The consequent reduction quality life be experienced by terms emotional or social limitations as well expressed actual physical suffering. Ahmedzai (1988) states whilst doctors are trained motivated investigation current management disease, unable (or reluctant) undertake terminal care same patient equal vigour commitment. To patient, there is feeling devastation when faced fact medically little more done for them. following paper looking at multidisciplinary approach dealing breathlessness aims provide l...