Selbstmanagement bei chronischen Erkrankungen

Chronically ill people have to find ways of living with their illness and overcoming the multifarious challenges they face in everyday life that suit their individual needs. In the field of medicine, the use of self-management and its corresponding programmes is becoming increasingly important. Indeed, the first approaches to promoting self-management have already been implemented in the German healthcare system. This anthology provides an overview of the current debate on this issue and describes the implementation of the INSEA initiative, which aims to promote self-management and active living among the chronically ill in Germany. The contributions from different European countries that it contains present various national self-management strategies and how they can be applied. By outlining appropriate training programmes in this regard as examples, the book also highlights the range of potential approaches that can be used to promote self-management among the chronically ill.