Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The genesis of breathlessness : what do we understand? Douglas Beach and Richard M. Schwartzstein -- Multidimensional assessment of dyspnea Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman and Deborah Dudgeon -- Breathlessness in heart failure David P. Dutka and Miriam J. Johnson -- Dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder Michelle M. Peters and Denis E. O'Donnell -- Breathlessness in advanced cancer Deborah Dudgeon -- Breathlessness in neurological disease Fliss Murtagh, Rachel Burman and Polly Edmonds -- Breathlessness in children Stephen Liben -- Respiratory muscle function in breathlessness Michael Polkey --

Pulmonary rehabilitation Nha Voduc, Katherine Webb and Denis E. O'Donnell -- Surgical interventions to improve dyspnoea Andrew J. Drain and Francis C. Wells -- Non-pharmacological approaches Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman -- Oxygen in the palliation of breathlessness Anna Spathis, Rosemary Wade and Sara Booth -- Pharmacological approaches to breathlessness David C. Currow -- A palliative approach to the breathless patient Sara Booth and Deborah Dudgeon.