This book fills a glaring void by addressing, against a backdrop of current best practices in PSM, such questions as: What are appropriate standards of safety in PSM? How can we be assured those standards are met? How does one reach a good prognosis about whether or not patients will be able to practice PSM? What level of effectiveness and efficiency should PSM reach to be considered a good policy option?

Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• 1. A Suggested Ethical Framework for Patient Self-Management of Chronic Disease
• 2. State of the Science and Best Self-Management Practices by Disease
• 3. Best Practices in Patient Self-Management Preparation and Support
• 4. Changing the Patient's Self
• 5. Morally Valid Measurement Model for Patient Self-Management Decisions
• 6. Technologies in Patient Self-Management
• 7. Paradigmatic Examples of Patient Self-Management Ethics
• 8. Implementing an Ethically Appropriate Model for Patient Self-Management
• Appendix A: Measurement Instruments
• Appendix B: Additional Study Questions and Answers
• Appendix C: What Can We Do?
• Appendix D: Important Ethics Definitions
• References