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Palliative care specific for respiratory diseases

Symposium
Chairs: L. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Aims: to describe the current state-of-the-art of palliative care in the specific setting of respiratory disease. Special attention will be paid to the following: the collaboration between the patient and the professional team; the specific problems that are faced in lung cancer; and the specific problems that are encountered in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or interstitial lung disease and patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

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Palliative care - an alliance between the patient, the pulmonologist and the palliative care team C. Bausewein (München, Germany)
Palliative care specific for lung cancer T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Palliative care specific for patients with chronic respiratory disease D. Halpin (Exeter Devon, United Kingdom)
End-of-life care specific for patients in the intensive care unit J. Curtis (Seattle, WA, United States of America)