Background: This consensus statement was developed based on the understanding that patients with advanced lung or heart disease are not being treated consistently and effectively for relief of dyspnea.
The Roger C. Bone Advances in End-of-Life Care Award was created in 2000 to recognize an ACCP member who demonstrates outstanding leadership in end-of-life care. This award honors the late Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP, who wrote about the ethical and humanistic issues surrounding end-of-life decisions and stressed the importance of communication among physicians and their patients. This award is not for research or to provide seed money for a new end-of-life care project, but instead focuses on leadership in end-of-life care on the international, national, or local level.