title: The role of health professionals in supporting expert patients schemes.
abstract: A diagnosis of chronic disease can be devastating. Health-care professionals are one part of the team centred on supporting the person through that illness. Lay-led-self-management programmes are another strand. This paper focuses on expert patients programmes and the importance of integrating self-management into current health-care provision.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000628:therapy; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012648:Self Care; D006113:United Kingdom