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. 2019 Apr 1:365:l688.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l688.

Self care interventions to advance health and wellbeing: a conceptual framework to inform normative guidance

Manjulaa Narasimhan  1 , Pascale Allotey  2 , Anita Hardon  3
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Self care interventions to advance health and wellbeing: a conceptual framework to inform normative guidance

Manjulaa Narasimhan et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Manjulaa Narasimhan and colleagues argue that there is a pressing need for a clearer conceptualisation of self care to support health policy

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Self care in the context of interventions linked to health systems
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Health systems perspective on the relation between self and professional care
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Framework for self care interventions
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