Managing self-care as an expression of responsibility for one’s own health

FORMAT | Presented paper

LANGUAGE | English

HOW TO CITE| SANDU, Antonio, & Damian S. I. (2018). Managing self-care as an expression of responsibility for one’s own health. Prezentat în cadrul 2nd LUMEN EDU International Scientific Conference | Education, Quality & Sustainable Development | November 21st – 22nd, 2018 | Targoviste, Romania.

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ABSTRACT:

Managing patient self-care can be a framework in which he or she expresses responsibility for their own health condition.
The research starts from the findings of previous author studies on self-care management, the conclusion of which was that there is a direct link between the person’s responsibility towards his / her own health condition and the therapeutic adherence, especially in the case of chronic patients.
Empowering the patient for self-care when correlated with therapeutic adherence is part of the strategies to create a therapeutic alliance between physician and patient in chronic disease management.
Self-medication in the absence of medical supervision can lead to a worsening of the patient’s health condition and the quality of his life!

KEYWORDS:

self-care; patient; responsibility; chronic patients