COPD: Answers at Your Fingertips - Couverture souple

Booker, Rachel; Miles, Jon; Bellamy, David; Roberts, June

 
9781859590454: COPD: Answers at Your Fingertips

Synopsis

If you are told you have COPD (a general term covering serious lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) you could be forgiven for feeling that there is no information to help you cope with this potentially disabling condition. It is one of the most common respiratory disorders in the UK and yet over 70% of people have never heard of it.

The positive news is that with good management, you can do much to improve your symptoms and live a normal life.

This practical guide shares many people’s experiences and contains helpful and informative answers to 196 questions asked by people with COPD and their families.

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À propos des auteurs

Rachel Booker is a former respiratory specialist nurse with extensive experience of nursing in primary care and medical education. She is a recipient of the Queen's Nursing Institute, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother's award for outstanding service and is an honorary master of the Open University. An independent medical writer and editor, she has published extensively, and is author of Vital COPD and Vital Lung Function. 



Dr Jon Miles MD, FCRP is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at North Manchester General Hospital.



Dr David Bellamy is a former GP with special respiratory interest. A trainer for Education for Health, he writes and lectures on respiratory topics and is a member of PCRS-UK, BTS and ERS. 



June Roberts SRN, DipHE (PN), FETC, DipAsthma, DipCOPD, DipAllergy is a nurse practitioner at Langworthy Medical Practice, Salford. She is also Honory Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen, and facilitator at Education for Health, Warwick. 

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