Cutting through complexity: the Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool that facilitates chronic breathlessness management
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Published on: January 10, 2013
Anna Spathis1,2, Julie Burkin3, Catherine Moffat3
1Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. aos10@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Chronic breathlessness is a distressing symptom that is challenging to manage. The Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool developed to support breathlessness management. Health professionals report that the model increases clinician and patient understanding of this complex symptom, and provides a simple and structured approach to personalised self-management.
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