title: How patients manage asthma.
abstract: In this paper we discuss how patients cope with asthma and suggest that individuals use medical advice selectively in a manner they consider appropriate to their personal and social circumstances. Use of medical services is influenced by patients' perception of the effectiveness of medical therapies, concern about the long-term use of drugs, access to alternative therapies, support and advice from others and the need to make particular sense of living with a chronic disease. Some people are reluctant to use medical services under any circumstances.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations