Relieving chronic breathlessness is a human right

Currow, DC; Krajnik, M

Relieving chronic breathlessness is a human right

Currow, DC

Krajnik, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Palliative Medicine in Practice, 2018, 12 (1), pp. 8 - 10
Issue Date:: 2018-05-02

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dc.contributor.author	Currow, DC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-1250	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Krajnik, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-05-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Palliative Medicine in Practice, 2018, 12 (1), pp. 8 - 10	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2545-0425	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/133016
dc.description.abstract	Copyright © Via Medica. Chronic breathlessness, defined as breathlessness that persists despite optimising the treatment of underlying causes, is recognised by recent international consensus as a distinct clinical syndrome. Across our communities, population-based studies of chronic breathlessness expose an enormous burden from this. Among the palliative care population, one in four people die with severe breathlessness despite treatment from a palliative care service. Recently, the relief of breathlessness was claimed to be a human right, particularly when there are treatments available to alleviate the unnecessary suffering caused by chronic breathlessness. The timely recognition of, and response to chronic breathlessness is a crucial clinical skill.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Palliative Medicine in Practice	en_US
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dc.title	Relieving chronic breathlessness is a human right	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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Abstract:

Copyright © Via Medica. Chronic breathlessness, defined as breathlessness that persists despite optimising the treatment of underlying causes, is recognised by recent international consensus as a distinct clinical syndrome. Across our communities, population-based studies of chronic breathlessness expose an enormous burden from this. Among the palliative care population, one in four people die with severe breathlessness despite treatment from a palliative care service. Recently, the relief of breathlessness was claimed to be a human right, particularly when there are treatments available to alleviate the unnecessary suffering caused by chronic breathlessness. The timely recognition of, and response to chronic breathlessness is a crucial clinical skill.

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