title: [Basic principles of patient education].
abstract: The objective of therapeutic education is to enable patients to reconcile their life project, disease and treatment. To achieve this, it aims notably to make them autonomous in the management of their health. Often practised in a multi-disciplinary team, it is an essential component of the management of patients with chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Cellule education thérapeutique, GH Hôpitaux universitaires Paris Ouest, AP-HP, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Eliane
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thieffry
authors.affiliation: Cellule education thérapeutique, GH Hôpitaux universitaires Paris Ouest, AP-HP, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malaquin-Pavan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D026684:Personal Autonomy