When respiratory disease come to an end

Lunchtime session
Chairs: Sylvia Hartl (Wien, Austria), Michele Vitacca (Gussago, Italy)
Aims: The aims of this lunchtime is to better understand the "right" timing and modes of communication of bad news for acute and chronic respiratory patients; to discuss the possible strategies to relief the "pain of the respiratory system" also called dyspnoea; to deal with the dramatic problem of end of life issues in children; and to understand who should be involved in all the end of life discussion (paternalism versus a shared decision).
Target audience: Pulmonologists, nurses, palliative care specialists, respiratory therapists, paediatricians, and intensive care medicine doctors.

When and how to communicate bad news to our patients Mark W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
How to improve dyspnoea and other symptoms in terminally ill respiratory patients Stefano Nava (Bologna, Italy)
When the disease hits your little beloved Andrew Bush (London, United Kingdom)