Integrated multidisciplinary care of COPD

Symposium
Chairs: M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom), F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands)
Aims: The aims of this symposium will be to provide best-practice examples from a patient perspective, with emphasis on different roles of healthcare providers and increasing awareness of necessity of integrated care, and focus on multidisciplinary approach.

Rehabilitation in primary care: can we do it? N. Chavannes (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Nurses: central role in improving patient care in COPD - anecdote or evidence? M. Fletcher (Warwick, United Kingdom)
Can excellence in respiratory care be delivered without physiotherapists? J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)
Rehabilitation and the role of secondary care M. Carone (Veruno, Italy)