The âexpert patientâ approach for non-communicable disease management in low and middle income settings: When the reality confronts the rhetoric

This paper seeks to explore the relevance between the Western âexpert patientâ rhetoric and the reality of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) control and management in low and middle income settings from the health sociological perspective. It firstly sets up a conceptual framework of the âexpert pati...

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Main Author: Yue Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-09-01
Series:Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095882X1500047X