A Qualitative Interpretation of Challenges Associated with Helping Patients with Multiple Chronic Diseases Identify Their Goals

Background Patients with multiple chronic diseases are usually treated according to disease-specific guidelines, with outcome measurements focusing mostly on biomedical indicators (e.g. blood sugar levels or lung function). However, for multimorbidity, a goal-oriented approach focusing on the goals...

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Main Authors: Pauline Boeckxstaens MD, PhD, Sara Willems, Mieke Lanssens, Charlotte Decuypere, Guy Brusselle, Thomas Kühlein, Jan De Maeseneer, An De Sutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Comorbidity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15256/joc.2016.6.64