This course uses holistic and biopsychosocial frameworks to describe and understand the nature and impact of communication disorders across the lifespan. Environmental and conversational partner ...

Aim(s) and method(s) To pilot and evaluate HELP-COPD - a community-based proactive holistic assessment of needs. The intervention comprised a home visit by a respiratory nurse, following discharge ...

Adults with arthritis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a higher risk for mortality than individuals ...

Harilal Gandhi was addicted to alcohol. He tried in vain to give up drinking but could never kick the habit and eventually succumbed to the lethal disease called alcoholism. He became a quotidian ...

In a recent study, a subset of more than 10,000 adult smokers with childhood asthma, childhood pneumonia, or asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) reached a COPD diagnostic threshold yet maintained normal age ...

Conclusion(s) Shifting the focus beyond organisational and medical agendas in advanced COPD to more patient-centred approaches requires the proactive identification of need, prompted by clinicians.

This approach also helps spot and manage risks more effectively since all potential threats and vulnerabilities are managed together. While this holistic approach has many benefits, it's essential ...