Support for self care for patients with chronic disease

Anne Kennedy; Anne Rogers; Peter Bower

doi:10.1136/bmj.39372.540903.94

Support for self care for patients with chronic disease

BMJ. 2007 Nov 10;335(7627):968-70. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39372.540903.94.

Authors

Anne Kennedy¹, Anne Rogers, Peter Bower

Affiliation

¹ National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL. anne.p.kennedy@manchester.ac.uk

Abstract

Anne Kennedy, Anne Rogers, and Peter Bower argue that effective self care requires fundamental changes in professional attitudes and the way health care is delivered

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease / therapy*
Delivery of Health Care / standards
Health Services Research
Humans
Professional Practice
Professional-Patient Relations
Quality of Health Care
Self Care*
Social Support
State Medicine / organization & administration