Severe COPD and the transition to a palliative approach

Amanda Landers, Rachel Wiseman, Suzanne Pitama, Lutz Beckert

Source: Breathe, 13 (4) 310; 10.1183/20734735.013917
Journal Issue: December
Disease area: Airway diseases

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