Management of chronic kidney disease in China calls for the implementation of expert patient program with traditional Chinese medical interventions.
10.1007/s11655-013-1666-5
- Author:
Yi-fan WU
1
;
La ZHANG
;
Xiao-xuan HU
;
Xu-sheng LIU
Author Information
1. Department of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Therapy;
China;
Dietetics;
Health Plan Implementation;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Patient Care;
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic;
therapy
- From:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
2014;20(10):796-800
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Chronic kidney disease was closely related with unhealthy lifestyle; therefore a strategy focused both on daily life and medical process, like the Expert Patients Program, was of great value in the prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease. In China, however, obstacles still existed in the process of implementing the program. Adding traditional Chinese medical interventions to the program assisted both patients and physicians to understand and to accept this new trend in management of chronic disease better. The combination with traditional Chinese medical interventions showed a solution for successfully implementing the Expert Patients Program and provided a new strategy for prevention and control of chronic kidney disease.
