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A self-management programme
A self-management programme developed by Professor Kate Lorig at Stanford University has operated in the US for several years. It includes symptom management techniques, nutrition, sleep management, use of community resources, medication and dealing with emotions.
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Severn up: coping with emergencies
Though ambulance services are given extra cash to help them cover the countryside, making a prompt response to emergencies in rural areas is not without difficulties.
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Professor Roderick MacSween, professor of pathology at Glasgow University, has been appointed by health secretary Frank Dobson to the unpaid post of chair of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority until 31 July 2002. He is currently president of the Royal College of Pathologists, but his term ends in December.
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in person Bryan Harrison,
Bryan Harrison, chief executive of Forest Healthcare trust, has moved to the London region of the NHS Executive as special adviser to the director of education and training. His new job will focus on the development of education and workforce planning.
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