This would allow a doctor to give a lethal drug to either a terminally ill individual or someone who has a progressive, life-shortening illness.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive, life-threatening illness with high symptom burden.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, life-threatening illness of unknown aetiology, with no proven pharmacological treatments.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, life-limiting condition thought to arise from aberrant would healing following repeated alveolar microinjury, resulting in progressive lung fibrosis [ 1].
Extending existing research will enable policy makers and practitioners to better understand the realities of families where a child has a progressive, life-threatening condition.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, life-limiting condition characterised by chronic inflammation and scarring, 1 causing breathlessness and a dry cough in the individual. 2 The aetiology of IPF is unknown and the disease is progressive.
Models of care were defined as those providing a framework or system for the organisation of care for people with a progressive life-threatening illness and/or their family, carers or close friends [ 11].
The patient, the family and the providers all recognise that they're dealing with a chronic, progressive, life ending condition and that they have a plan, such that transitions of care as organized and planned as possible and not an afterthought.
She also makes leading a broadly progressive life seem commonsense and fun: "travelled to Dorset to attend wedding yesterday held on an organic farm... great veggie feast"; "National Portrait Gallery London always offers surprising range of treats.
Therefore within the context of our survey we used the following definition: " a patient suffering from an incurable, progressive, life-threatening disease, with no possibility of obtaining remission, stabilization or improvement of this illness".
Meeting the information needs of patients with progressive, life limiting conditions and their families, in a timely and appropriate way, is a key concern of palliative care.
