Celli B, et al. – The main objective of the current study is to compare potential differences between the perception that COPD patients have of their disease and the perception that physicians have of how the disease affects their patients. The findings show that a more frank reporting by the patients of their symptoms and feelings and an increased awareness of physicians about the impact on nonconventional domains that patients perceive as importantly affected by COPD should be encouraged to improve the doctor–patient communication.