Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 79-85 , May 2009

Effective dyspnea management strategies identified by elders with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Loris A. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationHealth Science Center, Box 100187, Gainesville, FL 32610-0187, USA. Tel.: +1 352 273 6390 (work), +1 352 333 0003 (home).

Received 10 November 2006 ,Revised 27 April 2007 ,Accepted 29 April 2007.

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☆ The study was conducted at the University of Florida Health Science Center in partial fulfillment of a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree at the University of South Florida College of Nursing.

PII: S0897-1897(07)00068-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.04.010

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 79-85 , May 2009

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