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Pulmonary Rehabilitation In A Community Hospital, Raymond J. Casciari, Patricia Ferguson
Pulmonary Rehabilitation In A Community Hospital, Raymond J. Casciari, Patricia Ferguson
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Pulmonary rehabilitation programs seem to have come into vogue along with the national craze for exercise. This paper will discuss the feasibility of a rehabilitation program in a community hospital. In order to do that, we will first address several questions: “Does pulmonary rehabilitation really work?”; “If so, how?”; and “Is it safe?” Having answered these questions, we will discuss some of the details of setting up a rehabilitation program.