PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jenny M. Harding
AU  - Michael Modell
TI  - How patients manage asthma
DP  - 1985 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 226--228
VI  - 35
IP  - 274
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/35/274/226.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/35/274/226.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1985 May 01; 35
AB  - In this paper we discuss how patients cope with asthma and suggest that individuals use medical advice selectively in a manner they consider appropriate to their personal and social circumstances. Use of medical services is influenced by patients' perception of the effectiveness of medical therapies, concern about the long-term use of drugs, access to alternative therapies, support and advice from others and the need to make particular sense of living with a chronic disease. Some people are reluctant to use medical services under any circumstances.