Nurses’ Perspectives on Compassionate Care for Patients with Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Marit Kvangarsnes^1,2*, Henny Torheim^1,2, Torstein Hole^3,4 and Paul Crawford^5,6

¹Aalesund University College, Aalesund, Norway, E-mail: heto@ntnu.no

²Helse Møre og Romsdal, Norway, E-mail: heto@ntnu.no

³Medical Clinic, Helse Møre og Romsdal, Norway, E-mail: heto@ntnu.no

⁴Medical Faculty, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, E-mail: heto@ntnu.no

⁵Professor of Health Humanities at the School of Health Sciences at The University of Nottingham, UK, E-mail: heto@ntnu.no

⁶Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health, UK, E-mail: heto@ntnu.no