title: Asthma patients get assertive about helping themselves in innovative DM program.
abstract: A unique approach to asthma self-management stresses the importance of helping patients become more aggressive with doctors, friends, and family members whose habits may exacerbate their symptoms.
mesh_terms: D001242:Assertiveness; D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003142:Communication; D019468:Disease Management; D004345:Drug Industry; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States