Title: Self-care - Wikipedia
Headings: Self-care
Self-care
Contents
Requisites
Middle-range theory of chronic illness
Measuring instruments
Maintenance
Illness prevention behaviours
Hygiene
Factors
Improvement
Monitoring
Barriers
Improvement
Management
Behaviors
Factors
Improvement
Support
Approaches
Philosophy
See also
References
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Self-care
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MeSH
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Self care is the individual practise of health management without the aid of a medical professional. In health care, self-care is any human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated, for the purpose of the maintenance of health and wellbeing. It can additionally be described as the "practice of activities that an individual initiates and performs on their own behalf in maintaining life, health, and well-being.” Self-care and health care providers can be considered to be opposing ends on a health-related continuum and possess a complex relationship.