COPD Patients Need More Information About Their Disease
July 28, 2008
By David Holmes
25 July 2008
Lung 2008; Advance online publication
MedWire News: Most patients with, or at risk for, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have little knowledge of the condition, and many have never heard of it, US researchers report.
Donna Parker and colleagues from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, explain in the journal Lung that, despite the introduction of awareness campaigns, “COPD remains under-identified, under-diagnosed, and under-treated.”
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