Pulmonary rehabilitation programs are now a fundamental part of the clinical management of patients with chronic respiratory diseases. This comprehensive reference book places pulmonary rehabilitation within the wider framework of respiratory disease, and the health burden that this now posesworldwide.

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Claudio F. Donner is a Professor, Division of Pulmonary Disease, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno, Italy. Nicolino Ambrosino is Head, Pulmonary Division, Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy. Roger S. Goldstein is a Professor ofMedicine and Physical Theory, University of Toronto.

"This book is very timely with a strong focus on the outcome measures supporting PR."--Doody's

"The editors prepared a well-organized, coherent, and consistently themed advocacy for pulmonary rehabilitation. This text is an ideal resource for pulmonary rehabilitation program staff and (especially) administrative leaders. As further pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines evolve, this text(resource) will improve understanding of and optimize pulmonary rehabilitation patient care."--Respiratory Care