Society and Culture
It is a challenge for many health systems to ensure appropriate identification, diagnosis and care for people with COPD; Britain's Department of Health has identified this as a major issue for the National Health Service and has introduced a specific strategy for COPD to tackle these problems.
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Famous quotes containing the words society and/or culture:
“I am not what is called a civilized man, professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore I do not obey its laws.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of modern lifeits material plenitude, its sheer crowdednessconjoin to dull our sensory faculties.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)