title: Successful patient self-management of COPD requires hands-on guidance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands. Electronic address: a.l.kruis@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: Annemarije L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kruis
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Maastricht, Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Onno C P
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: van Schayck
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johannes C C M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: in't Veen
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice and Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Thys
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Molen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Niels H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Chavannes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D012648:Self Care / Q000592:standards*