Palliative care in respiratory diseases: is it becoming overdue?

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Chairs: G. Guenther (Borstel, Germany), M. Dara (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Aims: The aims of the session are to provide with knowledge on:
- practices in palliative care of patients with TB and other severe respiratory conditions in resource constrained settings;
- options to provide palliative care to address the unmet need;
- and gaps in the science and art of delivering palliative care to patients.

Palliative care for MDR-TB patients in Latvia L. Kuksa (Dobele, Latvia)
End-of-life decisions and patient autonomy in ICU E. Azoulay (Paris, France)