Volume 1, Number 3, June 2007

Making the most of self-management plans in COPD
Bev Cox

The Department of Health’s Expert Patient Programme recognises the role of selfmanagement in many different disease areas and its report Self Care recommends the concept of encouraging people with long-term conditions to self-manage where possible. Diabetes management would never succeed without the active participation of the person with the condition and asthma management plans have been advocated for some time for people with asthma. What can self-management plans achieve in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

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