title: Prevention in practice. New developments in asthma management.
abstract: Asthma management is turning from controlling symptoms as they occur to enabling sufferers to control their own condition to keep them symptom free. While this may mean asthma clinics increase practices' prescribing costs, calls for emergency nebulisation should decrease, as should asthmatic consultations in general surgery.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andrew
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*