Tiep, Brian L.; Barnett, Mary C. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 16 (2008) 5, pp. 305-313
empowering the patient to initiate rapid and definitive treatments to counter exacerbations. To do this, disease management for … timely recognition of, and rapid intervention for, exacerbations is crucial, COPD disease management must be patient centered … assisted in creating advance directives and should be provided with palliative care. The training of patients in the self-management …