Open AccessEthical Dilemmas in Physicians’ Consultations with COPD Patients
Author(s) -
Jónína Sigurgeirsdóttir,
Sigríður Halldórsdóttir,
Ragnheiður Harpa Arnardóttir,
Gunnar Guðmundsson,
E. Björnsson
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s356107
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , denial , family medicine , addiction , hippocratic oath , harm , psychiatry , psychotherapist , psychology , social psychology
This phenomenological study was aimed at exploring principal physicians' (participants') experience of attending to COPD patients and motivating their self-management, in light of the GOLD clinical guidelines of COPD therapy.