Bibliography

The information gathered and used in this website is from a great multitude of sources including the "lived" expereince and knowledge of many COPDers themselves.

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Acronyms; Abbreviations; And A few Definitions Used In Lung Disease	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic Health System Glossary of COPD Terms Medicine Net MedicineNet.com MediLexicon http://www.medilexicon.com/ Tracy Cushing, RRT
Alberta Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 18-19. http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Anxiety & Pursed Lip Breathing	© Phillip J. Cable, 2006 COPD Patient Coping With the Symptom of Anxiety - *Adapted from the pamphlet of Capital Health's in Nova Scotia Canada, originally adapted from "How to Cope with the Symptoms of Anxiety" (Westra & Young 1998)*
British Columbia Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 16-17 http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Breathing Distress	© Phillip J. Cable, 2006 COPD Patient
Canada & Our Medical System	4- 5 Million Canadian have no physician Canadian Medical Association Number of Physicians- Canadian Institute for Health Initiatives http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/en/smdb_2006_fig1_e.html (2006 figures) Population of Canada (2006) - Government of Canada, Statistics Canada , the Daily, Wednesday September 22, 2006 http://www.statcan.gc.ca/Daily/English/060927/d060927a.htm Sleep Apnea - American Journal of Critical Care & Respiratory Medicine Vol 169. pp. 668-672, (2004) -Access to Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Suspected Sleep Apnea http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/169/6/668
COPD Canada Patient Network - Home/Index	COPD 4th leading cause of death in Canada - Selected leading causes of death, by sex Statistics Canada, 1997 - http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/health36.htm
COPD & Nutrition	Cleveland Clinic Center for Consumer Health Education Eating Well With Canada's Food Guide
Dear Family	Courage and Information for Life with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: New Technology Pub (09/01/2001), Pp161-162 Jo-Von Tucker The handbook for patients, families, and care givers managing COPD (emphysema, asthmatic bronchitis, or chronic bronchitis). Rick Carter, Ph.D., Brooke Nicotra, M.D., and Jo-Von Tucker, COPD patient, with Forewords by Dr. Thomas Petty, M.D., and Dr. Brian Tiep
Diaphragmatic Breathing	© Phillip J. Cable, 2006 COPD Patient
Breathing Distress	© Phillip J. Cable, 2006 COPD Patient
Eating & COPD	© Phillip J. Cable, 2006 COPD Patient
Exercise & COPD	West Park Healthcare Ctr, March 12, 2007 Media Release "Less than 2% of COPD Patients Can Access Rehab Programs Marked shortfall in Canada between capacity and need for respiratory services"
Exhale & Relax	© Phillip J. Cable, 2006 COPD Patient
Lung Transplant Centres In Canada	Canadian Institute for Health Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). (2003). Lung Transplantation in Canada: A Close-up Look.
Manitoba - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 22-23 . http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
National Report Card - Canada as a Whole	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 4-15. http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
New Brunswick - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 28-29. http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Newfoundland & Labrador - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 34-35. http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Nova Scotia - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 30-31. http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Ontario - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 24-25 . http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Prince Edward Island - Provincial Report Card Rating -	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 32-33 . http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
PFT Numbers	Disease Stage Standard Definition 3 *From the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2007. http://www.goldcopd.org* Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary Function Testing http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/pulmonary/pft/pft.htm
Pulse Oximeters	adapted from Medical Supply Company "How Pulse Oximeters Work" Turner Medical Co. Pulse Oximeter Information Pulse Oximeters - Arterial Blood Gases - Web MD
Quebec - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 26-27 . http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Saskatchewan - Provincial Report Card Rating	The Canadian Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) A National Report Card 2005. Pp 20-21 . http://www.lung.ca/_resources/2005.copd_reportcard.pdf
Sick Lungs Don't Show	adapted from the 1998 EFFORTS Brochure by Edna Fiore -EFFORTS http://www.emphysema.net/
Talking To Your Dr	reimbursement Nova Scotia adapted from Canadian Institute for Health Initiatives http://tinyurl.com/485ecl
Understanding Your Numbers	adapted from Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary Function Testing - http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/pulmonary/pft/pft.htm adapted from - "Understanding PFTs" by the Alpha-1 Association Actual PFT test submitted by a patient for reference purposes adapted from "Pulmonary Function Tests" MedLine Plus - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003853.htm
What is COPD?	adapted from - 2006 Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, (GOLD) and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease http://www.goldcopd.com/GuidelinesResources.asp?l1=2&l2=0 adapted from Canadian Thoracic Society COPD Guidelines http://www.copdguidelines.ca/home-accueil_e.php adapted from COPD - Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/copd/DS00916
Women & COPD	adapted from Canadian Health Network (Public Health agency of Canada) Preventing the Silent Disease: COPD on the Rise in Women, Press Release November 28,2006 The Lung Association - Women & COPD: A National Report, November 15, 2006 http://www.lung.ca/media-medias/news-nouvelles_e.php?id=88