{"title":"The phenomenon of self-care in chronic diseases on the example of patients with multiple sclerosis","authors":"Justyna Jeżewska, M. Wójta-Kempa","doi":"10.17219/pzp/112226","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background. The increasing number of people suffering from chronic diseases constitutes a challenge for public health specialists. Due to the limitations in the treatment of diseases of unknown etiology, patients become prone to undertake self-care. Depending on the policy, education and culture of a given country, the phenomenon may become a chance or a threat in the context of the functioning of healthcare.","PeriodicalId":52931,"journal":{"name":"Pielegniarstwo i Zdrowie Publiczne","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pielegniarstwo i Zdrowie Publiczne","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17219/pzp/112226","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background. The increasing number of people suffering from chronic diseases constitutes a challenge for public health specialists. Due to the limitations in the treatment of diseases of unknown etiology, patients become prone to undertake self-care. Depending on the policy, education and culture of a given country, the phenomenon may become a chance or a threat in the context of the functioning of healthcare.