title: Patient associations, a social-sanitary reality.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García Jordá
mesh_terms: D003255:Consumer Organizations; D005060:Europe; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D012106:Research; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration; D013030:Spain