Le patient-expert

The virtual cranio-facial patient project Le projet de patient virtuel dans le domaine cranio-facial

One of the research goals at the Craniofacial Virtual Reality Laboratory and the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California is to build a virtual craniofacial patient from CT data, digital teeth models, and human jaw motion tracking. First, two different techniques to acquire three-dimensional soft-tissue representations will be presented. Then, automatic segmentat...

The Expert Patient and Chronic Respiratory Diseases

The concept of "expert patient" has been developed in the last two decades to define a patient who has a significant knowledge of his/her disease and treatment in addition to self-management skills. However, this concept has evolved over the last years, and these patients are now considered, not only to be more efficient in the management of their own condition and communicating effectively wit...

The expert patient: towards a novel definition.

Chronic diseases have become a major burden in many developed countries. Physicians and policy makers manage patients and set clinical as well as research goals. In recent years, however, it has become progressively apparent that, as the patients are the ones living with the disease, their views and wishes should be considered, and healthcare should be more patient-centred. Many guidelines stre...

Expert Patient Advocates & 21st Century Therapies Forum

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