New trends in patient education : a trans-cultural and inter-disease approach : proceedings of the Patient Education 2000 Congress, Geneva, 1-4 June 1994

Hardbound. This book presents a synthesis of the current knowledge and questions dealing with patient education.Medical efficiency in the treatment of chronic diseases relies not only on the biomedical dimension but also on other knowledge and skills coming from the fields of education, social sciences and medical psychology. Nine diseases and conditions (arterial hypertension, autonomous dialysis, back pain, bronchial asthma, colostomy, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, laryngectomy, and Parkinson's Disease) have been selected in this attempt to highlight the common objectives as well as the common difficulties and the specific characteristics of each, into the field of patient education.Various topics have been approached: coping, cost efficiency, computer-assisted instruction programmes, cultural and ethnic differences, educating educators, empowerment, health beliefs, interactive learning, interdisciplinary team, lay associations, locus of control, p