THE PATIENTS VOICE - TESTIMONIES FROM PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CHRONICDISEASE

A medical congress brings together those doctors who are interested in the proposed theme of that particular congress. Within the congress ' Patient Education 2000' an unusual aspect was the presentation, in the form of posters, of the requirements of patients suffering from one o f the diseases or conditions covered by the congress. On the one hand, these posters showed the impact of the illness; on the psychological aspect, within the family, within the professional and social lives as well as the financial aspect. On the other hand, the posters showed w hat the patients really wanted to say to the health care team. In this paper we present a synthesis illustrating certain significant example s.