Handbook of Self-Management and the Lived Experience of Healthcare (Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series)

This edited book focuses on the role of self-management in healthcare and how it may enhance the medical treatment, management and rehabilitation of service users.It offers expert perspectives on topics covering tools and techniques and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraising forthcoming implementation. Handbook of Self-Management and the Lived Experience of Healthcare begins by introducing the importance of self-management with contemporary and innovative approaches.The book focuses on the impact of self-management and how it affects interpersonal and client based perspectives.The chapters examine how these strategies can help and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes.Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each self-management strategy within its respective specialty and its impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and future management of individuals.It encompasses an array of examples of self-management strategies that will re