title: Self-help groups.
abstract: Many people in developed countries see medicine as threatening health, not only by malpractice, clinical iatrogenesis, and inappropriate treatment, but also by diverting attention from social and environmental causes of ill-health. There is growing hostility towards health care that undermines the power of individuals to care for themselves or shape their own environments, and a corresponding rapid and substantial growth of self-help groups.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005060:Europe; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009656:North America; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy