An Investigation of Resources in Selected Southern Communities Relevant to the Needs of an Individual with Emphysema
Abstract
It was determined that my work would be a part of the Chronic Pulmonary
Diseases Rehabilitation and Education Project conducted at
the Medical College, and I would concentrate on the resources
within the area covered by the O.P.D. Project. This area
included counties of both Georgia and South Carolina which
were within a fifty-mile radius of Augusta. Secondly, because
emphysema is one of the most common chronic pulmonary
diseases, I used it as an example of a chronic pulmonary
disease. I feel I was justified in limiting my scope in
this way, not only because the resources relevant
to the needs of an emphysema patient would also be appropriate
for other patients with chronic pulmonary diseases,
but also because these resources would apply to the aged
and chronically ill. Furthermore, I selected three communities
within the project area that I felt would reveal the
difference between the maximum and minimum community resources,
and the differences between States in the provisions
of agencies such as the welfare departments.