"Getting dark, too dark to see": end-of-life care in patients with chronic respiratory diseases

Symposium
Chairs: M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
Aims: The aim of this symposium is to discuss and highlight the most important and difficult problems when we are dealing with end-of-life decisions in patients affected by chronic respiratory disorders.

The Big Chill: where, when and how a respiratory patient dies M. Vitacca (Lumezzane, Italy)
Hable con Ella: communication with the terminally ill patient A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Citizen Kane: how the media deal with end-of-life decisions S. Nava (Pavia, Italy)
Passage to Paradise: ethics and end-of-life decisions in children A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)