title: Assisting the asthma patient in self management.
abstract: Patients with chronic illnesses seek out specific organisations not from dissatisfaction with their own doctor or in the hope of more modern treatment or a miracle cure but to learn as much as possible about their illness.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005194:Family Practice; D005582:Foundations; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D012648:Self Care