Place of education in the management of chronic lung disease: role of the educational coordinator.
The aim of patient education is more than just improve compliance to treatment. Teaching the patient to take an active part in the management of his handicap needs special communication skills and involves much more than just giving courses. Unfortunately all medical professionals are not necessarily good educators. As amateurism in patient education is a thing of the past, the role of the Health Education Coordinator in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme becomes essential to the quality of the programme.
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Centre Hospitalier Ste Ode, Belgium.
D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic