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We are pleased with Khaleva et al.'s [1] recommendation to include a patient-centred approach to core outcome measures in severe asthma. The role of medicine has been described as “to cure sometimes, to heal often and to comfort always” (William Osler) but to do this well requires us to really understand the patient who has the disease rather than the disease the patient has.
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Conflict of interest: D. Davies has nothing to report.
Conflict of interest: J. W. Lanario reports non-promotional research grants from GSK, AZ and Teva outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: R. C. Jones reports non-promotional research grants from GSK, AZ, Teva outside the submitted work and personal fees form GSK, Novartis and Optimum Patient Care.
Conflict of interest: M. E. Hyland reports non-promotional research grants from GSK, AZ and Teva outside the submitted work and personal fees GSK.
Conflict of interest: M. Masoli reports a non-promotional research grant from GSK outside the submitted work and personal fees from GSK and AZ. JL, MH, RJ and MM are co-creators of the SAQ with the University of Plymouth and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
- Received March 21, 2022.
- Accepted December 4, 2022.
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