Self-initiation and self-help: Promises and pitfalls
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Self-help is in vogue. Stimulated at least partly by the purported inadequacies of our health care system, it promises better results if only people would take responsibility for their own destinies. The Lewises and their colleagues (p. 499), in their customary fashion, have added an innovative twist to the idea. Why not start the process in childhood? In their article they describe a demonstration project in which children enrolled in an elementary school could initiate their own care from a school nurse. The nurse was trained to involve the children in the decisions required to cope with their problems. If
1990 ◽
Vol 18
(2)
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pp. 321-332
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1978 ◽
Vol 310
(1 Primary Healt)
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pp. 49-56
1975 ◽
Vol 5
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pp. 397-415
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2001 ◽
Vol 144
(1)
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pp. 118
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