title: Present and future management of asthma and COPD: proceedings from WONCA 1998.
abstract: On 15 June 1998, a workshop on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was held at the WONCA conference in Dublin. Based on the current guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of asthma and COPD, new developments and present and future research projects were discussed. Based on these guidelines and the research findings, new developments were positioned. The final conclusion of this workshop was that there is a need to continue exchanging ideas at an international level. So an initiative to start a Scientific Group of Primary Care Research within the European Respiratory Society has been taken.
authors.affiliation: Dept of General Practice and Social Medicine, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Thoonen
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: van Schayck
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Weel
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spelman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellamy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Grunsven
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cloosterman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van den Boom
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gorgels
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schönberger
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*